Assessment of Nurses Knowledge toward Supporting Families of Children with Cancer at Oncology Wards in Baghdad Teaching Pediatric Hospitals

Nurses knowledge toward Supporting Families of Children with Cancer at oncology wards in Baghdad pediatrics teaching hospitals. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 25 nurses selected by using non probability sampling (purposive sampling). According to study findings females were 72 % of the study sample, 36 % of them between (30-34) years of age and 40 % had graduate institute of nursing. Regarding to the items of supporting, nurses had a moderate level of knowledge the grand mean was 1.55. Training session to educate nurses about stress management and psycho-social, emotional and religion support, and communication skills.