Online Versus Traditional Educational program on Oncology Nurses' Attitude and Satisfaction

Maged Shaban, Shaban; Talaat El Shamaa, Eman; AbdAlla Abdelatief, Dalia

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2024.443521

Online Versus Traditional Educational program on Oncology Nurses' Attitude and Satisfaction

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ (1) Senior charge in king Hussein Cancer Center Amman-Jordan

² (2) Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing _ Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University, Egypt

³ (3) Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2024.443521

Abstract

Background: Oncology nurse is the key person in providing care of cancer patient, and the oncology nurses with specialized knowledge, skills and attitude with online innovative approaches of educational program play a major role in ensuring safe various stages during chemotherapy handling. Aim:This study aims to evaluate online educational program versus traditional educational program on oncology nurses' attitude and their satisfaction. Design: A quasi experimental design was utilized. Setting: it was conducted at the inpatient and outpatient oncology Center, bone marrow transplantation (BMT) unit, fifth and sixth medical oncology departments at third floor that affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. Subjects: A convenient sample of all available oncology nurses included 80 nurses were divided into two groups (traditional and online group).Data collection Tools: I) Nurses' attitude questionnaire.II) Nurses' satisfaction questionnaire. Results: The study revealed that after program implementation there was a significant improvement in nurses' regarding their attitude and satisfaction about safe handling of chemotherapy. Also, after the program implementation there was the online group performance more significant than traditional program. Conclusion: Implementation of the online educational program had positive effect on improving oncology nurses' attitude and their satisfaction. Recommendations: Further research are recommended to assess the online education programs and factors that affecting on safe handling and hazards prevention of chemotherapy.

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