Sara Ramzan, Ebba Holme Hansen, Lotte Stig Nørgaard, Lourdes Cantarero Arevalo, Ramune Jacobsen
Validation of the Danish translation of the Medicine Knowledge Questionnaire among elementary school children
Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
treatment patients cancer emergency department ranges treating lifethreatening emergencies symptom management issues unrelated cancer cancer treatment may complicating factors nurses expected manage care population aware risk factors complications may unique cancer patients date education emergency nurses regarding oncologic emergencies care patients cancer limited conducted crosssectional needs assessment establish emergency nurses educational needs knowledge skills attitudes related care patients cancer evaluate different educational needs emergency nurses associated care cancer patient practice setting type 237 nurses surveyed 28 nurse respondents indicated receiving cancerspecific education training overall scores knowledge assessment relatively low mean 53 range 95857 sd 13 nurses reported variable confidence skills weakest areas triage complications oncologic emergencies assessment complications related cancer treatment endoflife conversations nearly respondents 97 indicated need oncologic education emergency nurses moderatehigh priority relation educational needs findings suggest emergency nurses need stronger foundation knowledge skills required care patients cancer results study inform future curriculum development efforts