A Study Protocol on Evidence Generation of Standard Nursing Protocol on Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: Neutropenia is a condition that can occur in chemotherapy patients. Neutropenia affects roughly one out of every three chemotherapy patients. If neutropenia develops, the patient's health is affected, and the chemotherapy regimen or dose must be extended to allow the body creates new neutrophils. Even though neutropenia is common during chemotherapy, severe neutropenia is uncommon, and infections caused by it can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The protocol can help nurses make decisions about what type of care is best for their patients. Objectives: • To report practices at baseline and post-intervention of staff nurses regarding chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. • To develop and implement the evidence-based standard nursing protocol on chemotherapy-induced neutropenia among staff nurses. • To associate the knowledge and practice score with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: A Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in the current study. Pre/post-test design was utilized so the participants’ pre-test results were considered as the control for comparing their post-test results. A non-probability purposive sampling technique will be used to collect the data. The study included 100 oncology nurses’ knowledge and practice assessed by using a structured questionnaire and checklist. The study will be conducted in a selected hospital in the Wardha district. Expected Result: This study is on evidence generation of standard nursing protocol on chemotherapy Induced neutropenia among staff nurses hence it will be assessed by evidence generation of the standard nursing protocol. Will be accepted as the results of intervention that leads to improved Knowledge regarding chemotherapy Induced neutropenia among staff nurses.