Effect of Educational Program on Nurses’ Perception and Family Empowerment regarding Children Undergoing Radiotherapy | ||||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
| Article 27, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2022, Page 398-415 PDF (1.76 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.244496 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Yara Mohamed Hassan* 1; Fawzia El Said Abo El Saad2; Amal Gharib Spaaq3; Hanan Nabawy Elaasar3 | ||||
| 1M.Sc. (2016) Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Mansora University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Radiotherapy is noninvasive modalities treatment that used to treat cancer in children. Nurses’ perception is a golden role during care of children undergoing radiotherapy. Aim of ths study: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational program on nurses’ perception and family empowerment regarding children undergoing radiotherapy. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Radiology department at Sednawy Hospital affiliated to Zagazig University Hospital. Subject: 1- A convenient sample of 45 nurses working at previous setting and purposive sample of 30 families who accompanied the children. Tools: Two tools were used to collect data: (I) Nurses' Perception Structured Questionnaire included two parts: characteristics of the studied nurses& nurses’ perception. (II) Family empowerment scale included four parts: characteristics of the studied families, characteristics of the studied children, medical history of the studied children and family empowerment scale. Results: There were a highly statistically significant differences in nurses’ total perception level, a highly statistically significant differences in total family empowerment scale, a highly statistically significant relation between total nurses, perception level and their characteristics, a highly statistically significant relation relation between studied parents and total family empowerment scale level and a highly statistical positive significant correlation between total nurses’ perception level and total family empowerment scale level. Conclusion: The educational program had a significant positive effect in improving nurses’ perception and family empowerment regarding children undergoing radiotherapy. Recommendations: Dissimination of simplified and comprehensive Arabic guided pictures booklet about radiotherapy and family empowerment must be available in all pediatric radiology and oncology departments and distributed for each newly admitted child diagnosed with cancer and undergoing radiotherapy. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Keywords: Children; Educational program; family empowerment; nurses’perception and radiotherapy | ||||
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