Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Nurses Regarding Safe Administration of Chemotherapy at Tertiary Care Hospitals of Peshawar: KAP among Nurses Regarding Safe Administration of Chemotherapy

Ashfaq Ahmad; . Abdullah; Muhammad Ziad; Sajid Hameed; Imran Waheed Ahmad

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v8i1.1161

Authors

Ashfaq Ahmad Universe College of Nursing, Peshawar, Pakistan
. Abdullah Ayub International College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan
Muhammad Ziad Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Sajid Hameed Ghazali College of Nursing, Peshawar, Pakistan
Imran Waheed Ahmad Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v8i1.1161

Keywords:

Knowledge, Practice, Nurses, Chemotherapy

Abstract

It is well known that many anti-cancer medications can cause teratology and mutation in humans. The primary groups exposed to these drugs in a hospital setting are nurses. Typically, handling patient waste, administering and preparing antineoplastic agents, and cleaning up chemotherapy spills are the jobs that carry the highest risk of exposure. Objectives: To assess nurses' attitudes, practices, and Knowledge related to the safe administration of cytotoxic drugs. Methods: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected from 51 nurses who participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Peshawar public sector hospitals. The study was conducted using a structured questionnaire and the Universal sampling technique. Results: The result shows that 49.0 % of total nurses have excellent Knowledge, and 41.2% of nurses have good Knowledge, regarding the safe administration of cytotoxic drugs. 29.4% of nurses have good practice. In comparison, 70.6% of total nurses have poor practice. Most nurses have a positive attitude towards safely handling chemotherapy drugs. Conclusions: It was concluded that this study comes to the following conclusion after a thorough analysis of a review of nurses' administration of chemotherapy to patients. The majority of samples had poor practice for giving chemotherapy drugs. As a result, it's essential to increase workplace safety, provide protective gear, and create best practices for oncology nurses.

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