جامعة الكوت - University of kut - بحوث ريام صبري حسن

السنة	عنوان البحث	نشر البحث
2021	Nurses’ Perceived Competencies toward Palliative and End of Life Care	IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS)
Abstract: Background: palliative care addresses serious medical conditions including genetic disorders, cancer, prematurity, neurologic disorders, heart and lung conditions and others. Nurses play a crucial role in caring for Palliative and End-of-Life patients and their families as part of the care team Therefore; nurses need a set of various competencies to provide high-quality palliative care. Aim: To assess nurses perceived competencies toward palliative and end of life care. Design: Descriptive research design was used for conducting the study. Sample: A convenience sample was used to choose 104 nurses setting: The study was conducted in out-patient clinic Beni-Suef University Hospital, Egypt. Tools: 1st tool for data collection a self-administrative questionnaire It consisted of three parts: 1ST part concerning with Socio demographic data for nurses and including: (1) personal characteristics (2) professional characteristics 2nd part Participants' knowledge questionnaire. 3rd part Attitude toward Palliative and End of Life Care 2nd tool Observational checklist was conducted to assess nurses' practice regarding Palliative and End of Life Care3rd tool: questionnaire related to Nurses’ perceived competencies. Results: The study result revealed that, 70.7% of nurses had satisfactory knowledge. 65.6% of nurses' total attitude toward palliative care had positive attitude 45% of nurses' total practice toward palliative and End of Life Care was un-satisfactory and 44.3% of nurses had low total perceived competencies. Conclusion: There is highly statistically significant relation between nurses' total perceived competencies, total knowledge, total practice and total attitude. Recommendations: Developing palliative care and competency training evidence–based program which should available in all hospital to be followed by all nurses. Key words: Nurses, Palliative Care, End of Life Care, Perceived Competencies