Assessment of Nurses Pitfalls in Caring of Children with Hematological Disorders

Abstract

Nursing pitfalls are an acknowledged and ever-present problem in healthcare domains . These pitfalls can result in irreparable, irremediable damages (e.g. permanent disability or death). Therefore, their prevention requires constant attention. Aim: To assess the nurses' pitfalls in caring of children with hematological disorders. Subjects and methods: This study was conducted in hematological department at three different settings: National Cancer Institute affiliated to Cairo University, El Sheikh Zayed Specialized Hospital affiliated to Secretariat of Specialized Medical Centers and Nasser Institute affiliated to Ministry of Health. The subjects of the study included all the available pediatric nurses (90) providing care for children with hematological disorders. Tools of data collection : Three types of tools were used to collect data, interviewing questionnaire format, observational checklist and nurses' pitfalls attitude scale. Results : More than two thirds of the studied nurses had good total knowledge regarding nursing pitfalls in caring of the children with hematological disorders , total nurse's attitude about reporting their pitfalls in hematological disorders is one hundred percent has positive attitude in bone marrow and inpatient unit and no one of the studied nurses' had poor