KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT THE CARE TO ALCOHOL USER BY NURSING STUDENTS

Introduction: The gradual increase in the consumption of alcohol, justifies the presence of users in primary units, clinics, surgical care. Because of this the prevention of alcohol consumption is a priority for nurses because his duties as caregiver. Therefore, the objective of this study was identifying the knowledge and beliefs about the care given to the user of alcohol in nursing students at the technical level of a private school at Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Materials and Methods: The study was descriptive correlational cross-sectional. The total sample size was 283 students. The instrument used was Scale Nursing Education in Alcohol for evaluation of Knowledge and Belief. Results and Discussion: The female sex predominated with 51.2% (x = 17.22, SD = 1.53) and the highest proportion of first semester students were of (35.3%). Also nursing students presented a regular level knowledge and positive beliefs about the care given to the user of alcohol and a positive and significant relationship between knowledge and beliefs about care (rs =.408, p <. 01). Conclusions: The inadequate knowledge and negative beliefs of nurses to users who consume alcohol could be factors that interfere in the care planning, diagnosis and implementation of nursing interventions, due not having the knowledge skills can generate at the students a lack of confidence and trust in the care trained to alcohol user.