Effect of Nursing Guideline on Nurses' Knowledge and Practices regarding Chemotherapy for Women with Reproductive Cancer | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 58, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 956-967 PDF (318.46 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.193547 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amal Mousa mohamed1; Aziza Attia2; Om-Elsaad Farouk2; Eman Moustafa2 | ||
| 1Post graduate student, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo- Egypt. | ||
| 2Prof. of Maternity & Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Cairo- Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Reproductive cancer is an important health problem since it leads to mortality and morbidity of women in all over the world. Aim: evaluate effect of nursing guideline on Nurses' knowledge and practices regarding chemotherapy for women with reproductive cancer. Setting: The study was conducted at Nasser institute hospital (at oncology department outpatient & inpatient department). Study design: a quasi-experimental design was utilized. Sample: All nurses (40) who were working in the pre mentioned study setting during the time of the study Tools: Tool 1 self- administered structured questionnaire sheet, Tool 2 observational checklist, and Tool 3 Women's satisfaction questionnaire sheets. Results: showed statistically significant improvement in nurses’ knowledge and practical skills related to reproductive cancer and chemotherapy administration immediately post intervention and after three month follow up phase and increase Women's satisfaction level toward care provided by nurses, study confirmed statistically a highly significant positive relation between nurses' knowledge and nurses' practice and Women's satisfaction post guidelines intervention. Conclusion: nursing guideline had positive effect on nurses' knowledge and practices regarding chemotherapy which had direct effect on women’s satisfaction with nursing care they received. Recommendation: Refreshing courses pre-service and in-services training programs to enhance nurse’s practical skills at oncology units. Further research is recommended to identify factors that effect on nurse’s knowledge and their practice related to oncology patient receiving chemotherapy | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Guideline; Nurse’s knowledge; practicalskills; Chemotherapy; Reproductive cancer | ||
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