EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON PEDIATRIC NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHEMOTHERAPY ADMINISTRATION IN HIWA CANCER HOSPITAL IN SULAIMANI CITY

Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , Pages 389-399

Authors

Hiwa Sidiq Sadiq 1 ; Bahar Nasradeen Majeed 2

1 Hiwa Cancer Hospital, Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Department, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

2 College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI logo 10.17656/jsmc.10324

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Abstract

Background
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth and spread of cells. Chemotherapy is a potentially life-saving medication
for people with malignancies that act by targeting cancer and non-cancer rapid dividing cells. Nurses are the
prominent persons exposed to these drugs during the preparation and administration of antineoplastic agents.
Objectives
To find out the effectiveness of educational program on pediatric nurses’ knowledge about chemotherapy
administration.
Methods
Quasi-experimental research design (pre-posttest) has been utilized in this study. Tool of data collection was
built; the program was constructed. To obtain validity (15), experts were selected from different specialties.
The pilot study was done on six nurses in the pediatric department in Hiwa cancer hospital within the first
two weeks of January 2018, and reliability of the tool was done. Sixty-nine nurses were selected purposively.
Data were collected in three phases; before the educational program, the data was collected as a pre-test, an
educational program which was consist of 12 sessions was applied, and the last phase collected data in the
same questionnaire after the educational program as post-test. Data was analyzed by using the Statistical
Package of Social sciences (V-21).
Results
The result of the study has shown significant differences in mean scores between pre- and post-program
application, which indicates the effectiveness of the applied program to the nurses at a P-value (<0.001).
Conclusion
According to the study’s findings, the educational program was effective, and nurses’ level of knowledge has
risen after they participated in educational sessions.

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