Introduction: Cerebrovascular Background: Critical care nurses are expertly trained to care for critically ill patients; however, many critical care nurses feel inadequately prepared to provide end of life care to patients in the intensive care unit. The nurses attribute this to lack of support and training on end-of-life care. The study aim was to assess effect of self-learning package (SLP) on critical care nurses' performance regarding care for end of life patient. Methods, Design: To achieve this aim a quasi-experimental design was utilized. Subjects and setting: A convenient sample of 60 nurses was selected from surgical, medical and neurological ICU of Ain-Shams university hospitals. Study results: Regarding demographic characteristics. This study revealed that, 58.3% of the studied subjects were less than 30 years, 83.3% were female, 75.0% were diploma nurses, 46.7% of them had ten or more years of experience, and 81.7% had no training related to end of life care. Regarding knowledge and practice 15.0% & 23.3% respectively of the study subjects had satisfactory knowledge and practice related to care for end of life patient in pre phase, 80.0% & 81.7 % respectively in post implementation of self-learning package and 60.0% &45% had a satisfactory knowledge and practice in follow up phase. While regarding attitude, positive attitude was 5%, 80% and 55% respectively in pre, post and follow up phases Conclusion: The current study concluded that there was highly statistically significant increase of total score of nurses' knowledge, practice and total score of nurse’s attitude pre/post, pre/follow up and post/ follow up phases of SLP implementation. there was statistically significant positive effect for SLP on nurses' knowledge, practice and attitude. Recommendations; conduction of further researches in end of life care to enrich, improve, & update nurse's knowledge, practice and attitude. Periodic in-services education program regarding end of life care and self-learning package to be performed for patients are recommended.
A' Elmagied Salime, R. A., A’Elaty Ahmed, O., Salah Hassan, M., Hussein, Z., & Mohamed Mohamed, Y. (2016). Effect of Self Learning Package on Critical Care Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of End of Life Patient. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7(2), 219-234. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.156944
MLA
Rasha Awad A' Elmagied Salime; Ola A’Elaty Ahmed; Manal Salah Hassan; Zeinab Hussein; Yosreah Mohamed Mohamed. "Effect of Self Learning Package on Critical Care Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of End of Life Patient". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7, 2, 2016, 219-234. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.156944
HARVARD
A' Elmagied Salime, R. A., A’Elaty Ahmed, O., Salah Hassan, M., Hussein, Z., Mohamed Mohamed, Y. (2016). 'Effect of Self Learning Package on Critical Care Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of End of Life Patient', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7(2), pp. 219-234. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.156944
VANCOUVER
A' Elmagied Salime, R. A., A’Elaty Ahmed, O., Salah Hassan, M., Hussein, Z., Mohamed Mohamed, Y. Effect of Self Learning Package on Critical Care Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of End of Life Patient. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2016; 7(2): 219-234. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.156944
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