The Effect of Web-based Pediatric Palliative Care Educational Sessions on Knowledge and Reported Practices of Nurses at Assiut University Children's Hospital

Syan, Shadia Abd Elmoniem; Ali, Howayda Mohammed; Ahmed, Amira Hassan Abd  Alfatah

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2023.319678

The Effect of Web-based Pediatric Palliative Care Educational Sessions on Knowledge and Reported Practices of Nurses at Assiut University Children's Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt

² Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt

³ Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

10.21608/tsnj.2023.319678

Abstract

Background: The ability to deliver comfort-based therapies to enhance a patient's quality of life
makes palliative care knowledge crucial for nursing personnel taking care of children with
serious illnesses. Aim: Evaluate the effect of web-based pediatric palliative care educational
sessions on the knowledge and reported practices of nurses at Assiut University Children's
Hospital. Research Design: A Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this research.
Subjects: Included a purposive sampling of 91 nurses was documented in this research. Tools of
data collection: Two tools included Nurses' knowledge towards pediatrics palliative care,
Nurses' personal characteristics tool and Nurses' reported practice regarding pediatric palliative
care Results: The majority of the studied nurses (91.2%) had poor knowledge while only (8.8%)
of them had good knowledge before web-based education compared to sixty- six percent of them
(65.9%) had good knowledge after implementation of web-based education. A statistically
significant difference was present between the pretest and posttest scores of the nurses regarding
the palliative care knowledge level and self‐reported palliative care practices (P value
<0.001).Conclusion: Nurses' knowledge as well as reported practices related to pediatric
palliative care were enhanced after the implementation of the web-based pediatric palliative care
education. Recommendations: To educate all of the pediatric nurses in the hospital, more
educational sessions were recommended.