Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Knowledge and Practice of Nurses on Cancer Chemotherapy Extravasation Prevention and Management

Menaka Raghuraman

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Extravasation is the anticipated adverse problem of chemotherapy drug administration. The study dealt with assessing the knowledge and practice of nurses on prevention and management of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs extravasation. Method: A quantitative, descriptive study with 39 Nursing professionals working in a tertiary care hospital in Tamilnadu, India. The practice was evaluated using an observation checklist. Self–administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge on prevention and management of extravasation. Results: It was found that 64.1% of the subjects have adequate knowledge about the prevention and management of cancer chemotherapy drug extravasation. The overall practice scores were found to be higher than the knowledge scores. There was statistically significant correlation between knowledge and practice. There was no significant association with knowledge and practice score with selected demographic variables except age at 0.05 level. Conclusion: Thus, the study reveals that majority of the staff had adequate practice ensuring high standard care for children with cancer.

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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF NURSES ON CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY EXTRAVASATION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT, Menaka Raghuraman INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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