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Background: Basic goal of medicine is to heal disorders as much as possible, complementary and alternative medicine practice which is the approach through which healing can be provided in the same way as provided by the modern medicine. Nursing devotion to health care system is appreciable and compassionate. So, thus the knowledge of health care professional particularly nurses is of great importance. This study focus on nursing student’s knowledge about complementary and alternative medicine
Aim: The study was aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding complementary and alternative medicine practice.
Methods: A cross sectional research study was conducted using convenient sampling technique. Questionnaires was distributed among nursing students of diffident classes. Questionnaire contain sub portion having questions related to familiarity (knowledge) regarding complementary and alternative medicine and attitude regarding statement.
Results: The data collected is evaluated through a SPSS version 21. After statistical evaluation it was noted that total students of the study were 164, from them 100 students were female and 64 were male. 47 students were from BSN 4th year. Only twenty-four students had attended lecture on complementary and alternative medicine. Majority of them had unfamiliar with some common complementary and alternative medicine; naturopathy (95), hypnosis (90), and probiotics (88). Regarding herbs their familiarity respectively was; 59 students did not know about ginseng, followed by garlic (29). Similarly, their attitude was somewhat negative and for some statement positive.
Conclusion: it was concluded that knowledge level of the study participants had insufficient regarding complementary and alternative medicine. However, their attitude was positive towards complementary and alternative medicine. The findings of the study emphasized the need for integration of complementary and alternative medicine into educational curricula, so to raise awareness among nursing students.