Nurses’ Performance Regarding Palliative Care among Patients with Cancer

Zoheir, Ghada; Abd El Aty, Ola; Mohamed, Yosreah; Eldin Moussa, Diaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.263000

Nurses’ Performance Regarding Palliative Care among Patients with Cancer

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Clinical Instructor at Faculty of Nursing, Modern University for Technology and Information

² Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, faculty of nursing, Ain shams university

³ Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, faculty of nursing, Ain shams university

⁴ Lecturer of Clinical Oncology, faculty of Medicine, Ain shams university

10.21608/ejhc.2022.263000

Abstract

Background: Cancer is the serious diseases that’s second leading cause of death
globally, the increased cancer incident cases, growing aging population, and decreasing number
of caregivers have made palliative care more imperative in Egypt. palliative care plays an
integral role in these patients’ journey of care. Palliative care provides by multidisciplinary to
develop a plan of care that focuses on each patient’s and family’s concerns, values and goals.
Aim of the study: Is to assess Nurses’ performance regarding palliative care among patients
with cancer Research design: A descriptive exploratory design was used to achieve aim of the
study. Subject: A convenient sample of 35 nurses working at radiation oncology & nuclear
center Setting: The study was conducted in radiation oncology &Nuclear medicine center
affiliated to Ain Shams University hospitals Cairo/Egypt. Tools of data collection: Three tools
utilized for data collection(1) Self-administered questionnaire to assess nurses' knowledge
regarding palliative care among patients with cancer (2) An observational checklist to assess
nurses' practice during implementation of palliative care among patients with cancer (3) Nurses
attitude Likert Scale to measure nurses’ Attitude regarding palliative care Results: Revealed
that 74.3% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge, 94 % of the studied
nurses had unsatisfactory level of practices, and 62.9 % of the studied nurses had negative
attitude regarding palliative care among patients with cancer. Conclusion: There was
unsatisfactory level of knowledge practice and attitude regarding palliative care among studied
nurses. Recommendation: Establish periodical in-service training program to improve nurses’
performance regarding palliative care, encourage multidisciplinary researches in the same study
in order to cover large group of nurses.

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