Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit
Musleh, B., Erfan, S., Mohammed, M., Abd-ElAziz, M. (2015). Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit. EKB Journal Management System, 3(6), 40-49. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59779
Bander A Musleh; Samy A Erfan; Mona A Mohammed; Mervat A Abd-ElAziz. "Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit". EKB Journal Management System, 3, 6, 2015, 40-49. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59779
Musleh, B., Erfan, S., Mohammed, M., Abd-ElAziz, M. (2015). 'Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit', EKB Journal Management System, 3(6), pp. 40-49. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59779
Musleh, B., Erfan, S., Mohammed, M., Abd-ElAziz, M. Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 3(6): 40-49. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59779

Impact of an Educational Program about Cancer Pain Management on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice at Intensive Care Unit

Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015, Page 40-49  XML PDF (492.83 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59779
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Authors
Bander A Musleh1; Samy A Erfan2; Mona A Mohammed3; Mervat A Abd-ElAziz4
1Clinical Nurse Specialist in National Oncology Center Sana'a- Yemen.
2Professor of Anesthesia and ICU, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Egypt.
3Lecturer of critical care nursing. Faculty of nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
4Lecturer of critical care nursing, Faculty of nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: cancer pain has emerged as a leading stressor for patients with cancer in the intensive care unit (ICU).Unrelieved pain gives rise to negative physiologic and psychological events that can be detrimental to critically ill patients‟ health outcomes Aim of the study: evaluate the impact of an educational program about cancer pain management on nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practice at intensive care unit. Subject and methods: Quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study. A convenience sample of 55 ICU nurses 30 were nursing diploma, 17 were technical degree and 8 bachelor degree. The data were collected using the tool I Pre/post-test nurses' knowledge and attitudes assessment questionnaire sheet for assessment of nurses' knowledge and attitudes, tool II pre/post observation checklist to assess nurse practices. Results: The result reveals that the majority of nurses had unsatisfactory of knowledge and negative attitudes regarding cancer pain management pre-education program. The mean scores were improved significantly (P=0.001) post education program, also, the majority of nurse's practice were an inadequate pre-education program; they improved significantly (P=0.001) post education program. Conclusion: The study concluded that the education program leads to significant improvement in nurse's knowledge attitudes and practices about cancer pain management.
Keywords
Educational Program; Cancer Pain; Management; Nurses & Intensive Care Unit
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