Effect of Online Education on Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude about End-of-Life Care for Covid-19 Elderly Patients
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Background: End-of-life care (EOLC) is a continuum of palliative care for elderly COVID-19 patients which need more education. Critical care nurses earned benefits from an online education to improve their knowledge and attitude regarding several kinds of practice. Aim of the study: evaluate the effect of online education on critical care nurses' knowledge and attitude about end-of- life care for covid-19 elderly patients. Design: A quasi-experimental research design (pre/post-test). Sample: Convenient sample included 90 registered nurses who assigned to work at critical units of the isolation University Hospitals, Cardiothoracic, Renal, and Liver Hospital at Minia University, Minia City, Egypt. Results: critical care nurses’ Mean ± SD of age were (24.2 ± 2.9) and (58.9%) of them were female. It was noticed that (20%) of the nurses had satisfactory knowledge about EOLC for Covid-19 elderly patients at pretest and increased to (94.4%) at posttest. High percentage of nurses had negative attitude about EOLC at pretest (86.7%) but at the post test (100%) of their attitude changed to positive after the online education. Conclusion: The present study concluded that online education improved critical care nurses’ knowledge and positively improved their attitude about EOLC for the COVID-19 elderly patients. Recommendations: Critical care nurses need formal online education about the importance of EOLC for the elderly COVID-19 patients
Source: Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Institution: Minia University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4294100683