Palliative Care Education: Its Effect on Nurses’ Competency during Care of Dying Patients | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 31, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 514-532 PDF (462.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.163268 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hanaa E. El- Sayad; Shaimaa A Shaala | ||
| Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Palliative care can play a major role in relieving both physical and mental symptoms of the dying patient. Nurses are the key valuable palliative care team members who are responsible for the dimension of physical, functional, social, and spiritual patients' care. Essential factors affecting a successful implementation of palliative care are nurses' knowledge, attitude and self efficacy for providing care to these patients. Aim of the study: To examine impact of palliative care education on nurses’ competency during care for dying patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at oncology institute, general medical and general surgical unit of Menoufia University hospital. Subjects: A convenience sample of 120 nurses (52 from oncology institute, 34 from general medical and 34 general surgical unit) of Menoufia University who agreed to participate in this study were divided alternatively and randomly into two equal groups, 60 for group 1 and 60 for group 2.Tools: four tools were utilized by the researchers. Tool I: Structural interviewing questionnaire, Tool II: Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, Tool III: The Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying scale and Tool IV: The Palliative Care Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: the mean total score of Palliative Care nurses’ knowledge in study group (16.48±1.88)was better than control group (7.23± 2.68), nurses' attitude toward palliative care of study group was 113.50±10.75 as compared to 91.21±12.40of control group < /div> and palliative care self-efficacy score of study group was 28.06±7.38 as compared to16.08±4.49 of control group at post-intervention. Conclusion: palliative care educational intervention to nurses can be effective in strengthening their knowledge base, improving attitude and level of self efficacy toward care of dying patient. Recommendations: Education and training programs about palliative care with simple illustrated booklet required for all nursing staff in health care setting | ||
| Keywords | ||
| palliative care education; nurses’ competency; dying patient | ||
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