pediatric oncology safety

PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SAFETY

From Here We StartedOur Idea

OUR GOALS

Look at each Child as a unique

individual with a unique Genetic Makeup to Save

him

Educating parents regarding their

children’s illness and how to improve the

quality of their lives

Creating an environment of fun and joy for cancer children

to support them emotionally

We Achieved these Goals Through

“PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AWARENESS DAY”

at KAUHFor better care and greater hopeOn Wednesday ,12th of Dec 2012

SAFETY IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOG

Y

AT HOME

PARENTS CHILD

AT HOSPITAL

ENVIRONMENT STAFF CHEMO

AND RADIO

ERRORS

ACCORDING TO OUR OBJECTIVES, WE

DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS

AWARENESNUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

ENTERTAINMENT

FOR PARENTS

The ways the mother can use To Prevent

treatment Side effects

How to take care of Portacath and Alarm

signs that mother should Noticed

Patient can exchange their experiences

Patients can find answers for their

concerns

FOR STAFF WHO VISIT OUR EVENT

We discuss with them the Safety Methods for Pediatric Oncology in our Hospital to

prevent Medical Errors

ER Safety

PROTOCOLS OF CHEMO

Worldwide One in 5 Children with Cancer Received wrong Chemotherapy Doses !!!

Ensure that the Right Patients Receive therapy (Chemo or

Radio) at the right time, right dose and for right reasons

every time

Psychological Aspect

1- Decrease Distress >> Improve Parents Care To Child >> So Better Safety2- Outcome3- HealthCare4- Survivors

(Ahna L. H. Pai, December 9, 2012)

Why ???

Study Showed that about 68% of Mothers and 57% of Fathers had Moderate to Severe Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress !!

IN OUR PROJECT WE WILL FOCUS ON THE DISTRESS THAT RESULT FROM THE CANCER ON BOTH PARENT AND THE CHILD HIMSELF AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT

Objectives 1 :Investigate and deal with the level of Psychological distress in parent with children with cancer- identify the risk factors that increase the distress in parents

Objective 2:It’s essential to structure the different possibilities of intervention in way which guarantees the practice of psychosocial care within the ongoing medical care

Objective 3:The child illness is inescapably the focus of immediate concern of parent and child

METHOD

Short questionnaire (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) we made an Arabic version of

it .

Standardized psychosocial care manual: by health education program, evaluate how much stress on the family in 2 points( requirement of nursing care, family life circumstances

Introduction of play group and to therapist into the waiting room to make the milieu more conductive to active coping with some of these tasks

SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE (PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE (PSS)

1- Identify the child’s emotions 2- Controlling the pain 3- Pleasant place exercise 4- distraction5- Feeling stories

The Nutritional Aspect

The most side effects that affect the cancer patients after chemotherapy or radiotherapy are:- Changes in the taste of foods to undesirable taste,- As well as decrease in appetite- And severe tiredness and depression,- They also suffer from nausea and diarrhea

Reviewed ByDr.Reham Musli

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