The Ethics Committee of the relevant School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies passed the research proposal. The questionnaire was administered along with an information sheet about the study and a consent form and was administered and completed in the presence of the one of the researchers. Prior to administering the questionnaire a full explanation was given to the respondents regarding the status of the researcher and the purpose of the study. Respondents were given the opportunity to withdraw from the study, and assured that all data given would be treated as confidential. Individual students could not be identified and, following normal procedure, data will be stored for five years.