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Impact of educational programs on nurses’ knowledge and attitude toward pediatric palliative care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2021

Sawsan Abuhammad Open the ORCID record for Sawsan Abuhammad [Opens in a new window]  and
Ruaa Almasri
Sawsan Abuhammad*
Affiliation:
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Jordan University of Science and Technology/Faculty of Nursing, Irbid, Jordan
Ruaa Almasri
Affiliation:
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Jordan University of Science and Technology/Faculty of Nursing, Irbid, Jordan
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Author for correspondence: Sawsan Abuhammad, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Jordan University of Science and Technology/Faculty of Nursing, PO Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan. E-mail: shabuhammad@just.edu.jo
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Abstract

Objective

This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of nurses toward pediatric palliative care (PPC) and examine the impact of an educational program on pediatric nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding PPC for children facing life-threatening illnesses or chronic diseases in Jordan.

Method

A quasi-experimental design was used. Exactly 120 pediatric nurses participated in the study, of which 60 were in the intervention group and 60 in the control group.

Results

The results of the study showed that nurses had a low score in knowledge and attitude toward PPC. The mean knowledge score of PPC for the control group is 6.88 (SD = 2.26), while that of the intervention group was 7.92 (SD = 1.99; p = 0.052). The mean attitude for PPC score for the control group was 95.88 (SD = 7.90), while that of the intervention group was 100 (SD = 10.95; p = 0.009). Also, the educational intervention had a significant positive effect on the knowledge and attitude toward PPC among nurses.

Significance of the results

Based on the result of this study, the authors found strong evidence of the effectiveness of the PPC educational program when it came to improving the nurses’ knowledge and attitude toward PPC services and offer us an effective educational program.

Keywords

ChildEducational programJordanNursePPC
Type
Original Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , June 2022 , pp. 397 - 406
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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