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Impact of pharmacovigilance educational intervention on critical care nurses’ performance at a selected cancer hospital /
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Abstract
Literature review cited that, the concept of Pharmacovigilance is an arm in critically ill patients’ management and safety. It involves assessment of patients’ responses to drugs and correction of any related problems, so minimizing the risks, associated morbidity and mortality.Therefore, critical care nurses must have the necessary knowledge and ability to effec»tively and early prevent, detect, monitor and report adverse drug reactions or further complications. Aim of the study: to examine the impact of Pharmacovigilance educational intervention on critical care nurses’ performance at one of the cancer hospitals in Cairo, Egypt.Research design: A quasi experimental research design was utilized in this study. Research Hypothesis: H.I; The post-test mean knowledge assessments scores of critical care nurses who will attend the Pharmacovigilance educational program will be higher as compared to their mean pre-test knowledge assessment scores; H.II; The post-test mean practice assessment scores of critical care nurses who will attend the Pharmacovigilance educational program will be higher as compared to their mean pre-test practice assessment score; H.III;The number of reported adverse drug events by critical care nurses who will attend the Pharmacovigilance educational intervention will be improved as compared to those reported by other health team members for the same patients at the same times. Sample: A sample of convenience including 76 ICU nurses was recruited. Setting: This study was carried out at the Intensive Care Unit of a selected cancer hospital in Egypt. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized to collect data pertinent to the current study; a- Pre/Post-test knowledge assessment questionnaire, b- Nurses{u2019} practices observational checklistand c- Adverse drug Events (ADE) monitoring sheet. Results: The present study revealed that hypotheses (1) & (2) were supported with P-values of <0.05 and < 0.000 respectively. As regards hypothesis (3), the number of adverse drug events reported by nurses wereimproved as compared to their pre-program and to those reported by other health team members for the same patients at the same times. The most frequently reported signs and symptoms by nurses were rash, itching, fever, tachycardia and arrhythmias in percentage of 19.2%, 16.7, 14.1, 14.1, and 10.2 respectively and the most frequently reported drug category was antibiotics (42.3%)