Nursing Staff Knowledge regarding Safe Chemotherapy Administration at Oncology Center in Kirkuk City

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 1 st of February 2017 up to 1 st 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 1 st of March 2017 up to the 1 st 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. 1 ‫عبدهللا‬ ‫حسين‬ ‫الرحمن‬ ‫ضياء‬ , 2 ‫ا‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫رشيد‬ ‫حمة‬ ‫وميد‬ 2,1 ‫كركوك‬ ‫جامعة‬ , ‫التمريض‬ ‫كلية‬ 1 dhiaa_h33@yahoo.com , 2 omedrasheed@yahoo.com ‫الملخص‬ ‫تشارك‬ .‫السرطانية‬ ‫االمراض‬ ‫معالجة‬ ‫في‬ ‫المستخدمة‬ ‫العالجية‬ ‫األدوية‬ ‫من‬ ‫واسعة‬ ‫مجموعة‬ ‫هي‬ ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫العالج‬ ‫أدوية‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫يحتاجون‬ ‫وبالتالي‬ ‫الكيميائية‬ ‫العالجية‬ ‫األدوية‬ ‫اعطاء‬ ‫و‬ ‫إعداد‬ ‫في‬ ‫التمريضية‬ ‫المالكات‬ ‫من‬ ‫والكفاءة‬ ‫المعرفة‬ ‫من‬ ‫مزيد‬ .‫السرطان‬ ‫لمرضى‬ ‫لألدوية‬ ‫الجانبي‬ ‫التأثير‬ ‫تقليل‬ ‫أجل‬ ‫الى‬ ‫الدراسة‬ ‫تهدف‬ ‫االعطاء‬ ‫حول‬ ‫التمريضية‬ ‫المالكات‬ ‫معارف‬ ‫تقييم‬ .‫كركوك‬ ‫مدينة‬ ‫في‬ ‫السرطانية‬ ‫األورام‬ ‫مركز‬ ‫في‬ ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫للعالج‬ ‫االمن‬ ‫من‬ ‫للفترة‬ ‫وصفية‬ ‫دراسة‬ ‫اجريت‬ 1 ‫شباط‬ 2017 ‫حتى‬ 1 ‫ايلول‬ 2017 (‫الدراسة‬ ‫تضمنت‬ .)‫(غرضية‬ ‫احتمالية‬ ‫غير‬ ‫عينة‬ ‫اختيار‬ ‫تم‬. 40 ‫في‬ ‫يعملون‬ ‫ممرضة‬ ‫و‬ ‫ممرض‬) ‫جمع‬ ‫تم‬ .‫الدراسة‬ ‫اغراض‬ ‫لتحقيق‬ ‫استبيان‬ ‫تصميم‬ ‫تم‬ ‫الدراسة‬ ‫وألغراض‬ .‫كركوك‬ ‫مدينة‬ ‫في‬ ‫السرطانية‬ ‫األورام‬ ‫مركز‬ .‫الممرضون‬ ‫قبل‬ ‫من‬ ‫الذاتي‬ ‫الملئ‬ ‫تقنية‬ ‫استخدام‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫من‬ ‫البيانات‬ ‫الب‬ ‫جمع‬ ‫وتم‬ ‫من‬ ‫الفترة‬ ‫من‬ ‫يانات‬ 1 ‫آذار‬ 2017 ‫حتى‬ 1 ‫نيسان‬ 2017 .‫االجتماع‬ ‫لعلم‬ ‫االجتماعية‬ ‫الحقيبة‬ ‫برنامج‬ ‫تطبيق‬ ‫استخدام‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫من‬ ‫البيانات‬ ‫تحليل‬ ‫تم‬ ‫و‬. ‫الدراسة‬ ‫بينت‬ (‫ان‬ 40 ‫العمرية‬ ‫الفئة‬ ‫ضمن‬ ‫كانوا‬ ‫التمريضي‬ ‫المالك‬ ‫من‬)% ‫بين‬ (18-23 ‫سنة‬) (‫و‬ ، 65 ‫من‬)% ‫و‬ ،‫االناث‬ ‫من‬ ‫كانوا‬ ‫الممرضين‬ (62.5 (‫و‬ ،‫التمريض‬ ‫اعدادية‬ ‫من‬ ‫خريجين‬ ‫منهم‬)% 65)% ‫لديهم‬ ‫الممرضين‬ ‫من‬ 1-5 (‫و‬ ،‫التمريض‬ ‫مهنة‬ ‫في‬ ‫الخبرة‬ ‫من‬ ‫سنوات‬ 60 .‫الكيميائي‬ ‫العالج‬ ‫مجال‬ ‫في‬ ‫تدريبية‬ ‫دورات‬ ‫لديهم‬ ‫ليس‬ ‫الممرضين‬ ‫من‬)% ‫الدراسة‬ ‫استنتجت‬ ‫كان‬ ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫للعالج‬ ‫االمن‬ ‫االعطاء‬ ‫حول‬ ‫التمريضي‬ ‫الكادر‬ ‫معارف‬ ‫ان‬ ‫كافية‬ ‫غير‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ال‬ ‫العامة‬ ‫معلومات‬ .‫كافية‬ ‫غير‬ ‫كانت‬ ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫الدواء‬ ‫حول‬ ‫التمريضي‬ ‫للكادر‬ ‫من‬ ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫للعالج‬ ‫االمن‬ ‫لالعطاء‬ ‫العالمية‬ ‫المعايير‬ ‫تطبيق‬ ‫يجب‬ .‫السرطانية‬ ‫االورام‬ ‫مركز‬ ‫في‬ ‫العاملين‬ ‫الممرضين‬ ‫قبل‬ ‫الدالة‬ ‫الكلمات‬ : ‫لل‬ ‫االمن‬ ‫االعطاء‬ , ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫العالج‬ , ‫المعارف‬ ‫السرطانية‬ ‫االورام‬ , ‫الكيميائي‬ ‫عالج‬ .