Abstract
Chemotherapy drugs are wide range of therapeutic medication used in the managing of cancer diseases. Nursing staff prepare and administer chemotherapeutic drugs therefore they need more knowledge and competency in order to decrease adverse effect of the drugs to the cancer patients. Aim of the study: to assess nurses knowledge regarding safe chemotherapy administration at oncology center in Kirkuk city. A descriptive study was carried out from the period between 1st of February 2017 up to 1st of September 2017. A non-probability (purposive) sampling was used to select the sample. The study includes (40) nurses who works at the oncology center in Kirkuk city. For the purpose of the study a constructed questionnaire was designed. The data was collected through the utilization of self-administration technique. The data collection process was collected from the period of 1st of March 2017 up to the 1st April 2017. The data was analyzed through the application SPSS program version (20). The results revealed that the most study sample were between age group 18-23 year (40%), (65 %) were female, (62.5%) were nursing school graduate, (65%)of them were between (1-6) Years of experience, and (60%) were without Training Session. The study concluded that nurses' knowledge regarding to safe chemotherapy administration was inadequate, and also inadequate regarding general information to chemotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy safety administration standards should be applied for nurses that working in oncology center.
Highlights
Administration of anticancer drugs is a complex process tense with the possible for patient damage
The study conducted to assess the nurses' knowledge regarding safe chemotherapy administration among nursing staff that working at oncology center
The study connects the knowledge of the nurses in relation to chemotherapy drugs with the knowledge of its administration
Summary
Administration of anticancer drugs is a complex process tense with the possible for patient damage. There are many national standards for safe administration of chemotherapy drugs especially in the outpatient adult oncology setting. To meet this need, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Oncology Nursing Society created a collaborative project in 2008 to develop standards for safe chemotherapy administration to adult cancer patients [1]. Nurses who used to administer chemotherapy need to update their practical and theoretical knowledge including drug calculations, proper dilutions, identification of antidotes of cytotoxic drugs, and management of side effects especially in case of extravasations or other side effect of the drug [5].
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