Effect of An Educational Program regarding Double Check for Safe Chemotherapy Administration on Nurses' Performance, Beliefs and Attitude

Shafee Emam Sayed, Hend; Gaber Mohamed, Hanan; Mohamed El-Sayed, Safaa; Sobhy Mohamed, Eman

doi:10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307219

Effect of An Educational Program regarding Double Check for Safe Chemotherapy Administration on Nurses' Performance, Beliefs and Attitude

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

Authors

¹ Senior 1st year Medical –Surgical Nursing, in Technical Nursing Institute, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University

² Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

³ Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307219

Abstract

Background: Medication safety is the third recent global patient safety challenge by WHO.
Chemotherapy agents is a high-risk drugs, so safety chemotherapy administration standards are
intended to reduce the risk of error when providing patients. Aim of study: Evaluate the effect of an
educational program regarding double check for safe chemotherapy administration on the oncology
nurses' performance, beliefs and attitude. Study design: A quasi-experimental design was used to
conduct the aim of the study. Settings: this study was conducted at outpatient and in-patient of
chemotherapy unit at Benha University Hospital, and National Cancer Institute at Cairo University
Hospitals. Subject: A convenient sample 50 nurses included: 20 from Benha University Hospital,
and 30 from National Cancer Institute. Tools: Tools were used for data collection; self-administered
questionnaire tool for nurses' knowledge, oncology nurse's beliefs and attitude toward double check,
and observational checklist of the nurses' practice for double check technique, and patient safety
assessment. Results: This study showed that most of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of
knowledge, and incompetent levels of their practices, and patient safety assessment regarding double
check technique (100%, 100%, and 98%) respectively preprogram intervention and improved
satisfactory level immediately and post 1st and 3rd months of follow up program intervention (100%,
100% and 90%),(96%, 90%,and 84%)and (100%, 100%, and 88%)respectively of the studied nurses.
Conclusion: This study concluded that there was a high statistically significant difference among
oncology nurses' knowledge, practice, beliefs and attitudes pre and post of the educational
intervention program, and between nurse1 and 2 regarding their practices of double check technique
and patient safety assessment. Recommendations: The study recommended the importance of
establishing booklet guidelines for oncology nurses regarding double check technique for safe
chemotherapy administration.

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