Effect of Social-Platform Nursing Education on Nurses' Knowledge and Practices Regarding End-of-Life Care | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2024, Pages 80-95 PDF (605.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.385324 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Anise Hassan Abdelaal1; Alyaa Wahied Mohammed Else2; Hala A. Abdelrahman3; Amany Sayed Eweas Mohame4; Zeinab Mohammed Shaban AYSHA5; Raghdaa Hamid Farahat6 | ||
| 1Lecturer at Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University | ||
| 2Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 3Assistant professor, Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 4Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni Suef University, Egypt. | ||
| 5Lecturer Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 6Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Assessing patients' requirements and providing comprehensive nursing care are crucial aspects of the role nurses play in providing end-of-life nursing care to patients who have life-threatening illnesses and have not responded well to medical therapy. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of social-platform nursing education on nurses' knowledge and practices regarding end-of-life care. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: The study was applied in the medical and general intensive care units at Sohag University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample included 100 nurses who work in the previously listed setting were included in the study. Tools for data collection: Tool one: structured Interview questionnaire and developed after reviewing related literature and consisted of two parts. Part one: Nurses’ personal data as nurses; Part two: Nurses’ knowledge questionnaire and Tool two: Performance checklist used to assess nurses’ level of practice regarding end-of-life care. Results: The study result portrayed that knowledge and practice pre and post-two months of social-platform nursing education; there was a statistically significant difference. Conclusion: Social-platform nursing education was effective and significantly improved nurses' knowledge and practice. Recommendations: We recommend social-platform nursing education to improve nurses' knowledge and practices regarding end-of-life care should be encouraged. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| End-of-life care; Nurses' knowledge; and practices; Social-platform nursing education | ||
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