Nurses' Perception toward Palliative Care for Cancer Patients | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2017, Page 190-206 PDF (470.33 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.54578 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sorayia Ramadan1; Nevein El-Ashry1; Samah Abd Elwahed1; Rabab Mahmoud Moner2 | ||||
| 1Psychiatric, Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2B.Sc. Nursing | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim of the study: A study aimed to assess nurses' perception and knowledge toward palliative care for cancer patient. Research design: Descriptive design was used to conduct this study. Subject: The subject of this study was convenient sample composed of 200 nurses who have not exposed to palliative patient were excluded from study and data was gathered over a 6 months period started from January month until June, 2017 Settings The study was conducted on 200 nurses working in the departments of cancer units in Radiation Oncology & Nuclear Medicine Center in Ain Shams University. Tools: 1-Interviewing Questionnaire: It composed of two parts A-: part one, Socio demographic interviewing sheet; it includes data such as age, gender, marital status and qualification. B- Part two, it related nurses related clinical characteristics such as department and years of experience and attended training courses.2- knowledge scale: It concerned with nurses knowledge regarding nurses' palliative care for cancer patient 3- Perception scale: It was used to assess nurse‟s perception toward palliative patients. results: the sixty four of the studied nurses have unsatisfactory knowledge regarding palliative care; the thirty six of them have satisfactory knowledge regarding palliative care. The sixty seven and half of the studied nurses have negative perception regarding palliative care, the thirty two and half of them have positive perception regarding palliative care. Recommendations: by field palliative care needs to become an integral part of all nursing school curriculum as well as continuing nursing and medical education program offerings. Implementing an educational training program for nurses regarding palliative car. More health education about palliative care be provided to, the community, and individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nurses; Palliative Care; perception; Knowledge | ||||
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