TITLE:
Assessment of knowledge, skill and attitude of oncology nurses in chemotherapy administration in tertiary hospital Pakistan
AUTHORS:
Najma Khan, Khurshid Zulfiqar Ali Khowaja, Tazeen Saeed Ali
KEYWORDS:
Oncology Nurse; Knowledge; Attitude; Chemotherapy Administration; Crush Programme
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.2 No.2,
June
29,
2012
ABSTRACT: Objective: To measure the levels of nurse’s knowledge and attitude after the conduct of education session regarding chemotherapy administration and management. Methodology: This research study was conducted at two oncology units of tertiary Hospital Rawalpindi. A prepost test intervention study design was used on 35 nurses by using Verity’s tools. Results: The mean scores of knowledge were calculated by Cochran’s Q test showed that knowledge scores have significantly increased with ‘educational training’ (p value