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

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.