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Improving the Quality of Nursing Care for Patients with Leukemia in Day Care Units Through Nursing Education

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Quality of nursing care is a vital element in the treatment of the patient with leukemia in day care units. The aim of study was to test the effect of nursing education for quality of nursing care for patients with leukemia in day care units. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Day Care Unit Clinic for patients with leukemia at University Hospital and the Clinic Oncology Department (Cobalt unit) .Sample: A sample of purposive of all nurses is (n=50 ) and 10% of patients is (n=50) with leukemia were recruited for the study. Tools: Data was collected through: (1) An interviewing questionnaire to assess nurse's knowledge and patient's satisfaction regarding the quality of nursing care. (2) An observational checklist to assess day care units and nursing performance. Results: the majority of nurses had poor knowledge about leukemia. Besides, they don’t follow a standard of quality of nursing care related to the disease of leukemia. Furthermore, most of the facilities were unavailable in the day care units and about three quarters of patients were not satisfied with the quality of nursing care. The implementation of the nursing education program has improved nurse's knowledge, performance and patient's satisfaction with statistically significant differences (p=<0.001) . The study has concluded that the nursing education program has improved nurses’ knowledge and performance concerning the disease of leukemia, and patients were also satisfied with the quality of nursing care. Recommendations: Continuing educational program to keep nurses updated in their knowledge and performance regarding the quality of care, a simple Arabic illustrated booklet for discharge instructions should be available in hematology units as a reference for patients. And additional research is needed to assess the long–term effects of such educational program.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajns.20150403.14
Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 4, Issue 3, June 2015)
Page(s) 63-72
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Leukemia, Quality of Care, Nursing in Day Care

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