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WELCOME

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SUPERVISED By
Most:Sufia Begum
MPH(BSMMU,Dhaka),
Ms. in SRHR(Sweden)
Nursing Instructor,
Rangpur Nursing College,Rangpur.
PRESENTED
BY
Lovely Khatun
Roll No: 141105
Reg. No: 14NCR-2440
Session: 2013-2014
B.Sc in Nursing
Examination 2017

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TITLE
Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Management of
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at Rangpur
Medical College Hospital.

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INTRODUCTION
“Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. It
develops in the bone marrow and spreads into the
blood and to other organs. There are several types of
leukemia. They are grouped in two ways: by how
rapidly the disease develops (acute vs. chronic
leukemia) and by the type of blood cell involved
(lymphocytic and myeloid leukemia being the most
common). “Acute” means that this leukemia can
progress quickly if not treated, and would probably
be fatal in a few months. Chronic means that this
leukemia can progress slowly from months to
year.Acute myeloid leukemia is more common in
female.the most common treatment of AML is
Chemotherapy (Dunphy,CH.2011).

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RESEARCH QUESTION
What is the Nurses’ knowledge regarding
Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(AML) ?

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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
General objective
To assess the Nurses knowledge Regarding
Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(AML).

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Specific objectives
1.To find out the Socio-demographic information of
the respondent.
2.To assess the knowledge of the Nurses
Regarding Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
3.To assess the knowledge of Nurses about Acute
Myeloid Leukemia .
4. To assess the knowledge of the nurses about
causes, signs & symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia

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VARIABLES OF THE STUDY
Dependent variable
Knowledge gained by the Nurses.
Independent variable
 Age
General qualification
 Professional qualification
 Residence
 Length of service

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Design of the study:
Cross-sectional type of descriptive study.
Study place:
Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur .
Study population:
All the medicine wards Nurses’ at Rangpur
Medical College Hospital, Rangpur.
(cont……

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Sample technique:
A purposive sampling techniques is
used to collect data for this thesis.
Method of data collection:
The data were collected through structured
questionnaire method from the respondent.
Sample Size: 50 Nurses’

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RESULTS

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Table 1. Demographic information of the participated
Nurses
Question
no:
Variable Class Frequency %
1. Age 21-30 years
31-40
41-50
Above 50
10 20
30 60
05 10
05 10
2. Academic
qualification
S.S.C
H.S.C
B.A
37 74
10 20
3 6
3. Professional
qualification
Diploma in Nursing &
Midwifery
B.Sc. in Nursing
42 84
8 16
4. Length of
service
1-10 years
11-20 years
21-30 years
34 68
12 24
4 8

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Table 2. showing the Nurses knowledge about
Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia - (yes and
no) :
Q.NO
Questions Yes % No %
1.
Do you have hear the name of
Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
50 100 00 00
2. Do you know about acute
myeloid leukemia?
50 100 00 00
3. Do you know the causes of
acute myeloid leukemia
48 96 02 04
4.
Do you know about
management of acute myeloid
leukemia
41 82 9 18

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5.
Do you know what kind of
management you take for
Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
30 60 20 40
6.
Do you give proper diet for
leukemia patient?
10 20 40 80
07. Do you know about the
chemotherapy of acute
myeloid leukemia? 35 70 15 30
08. Do you know follow up care
about Acute Myeloid
Leukemia? 5 10 45 90

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S/N Questions Parameters Answer
Yes %
01. What are the risk factor of
AML patient?
a. Smoking
b.Chemical exposure
c. Certain blood
disorder
d other causes.
e.Don’t know
20
35
50
25
10
40
70
100
50
20
02. What are the sign
&symptoms of acute
myeloid leukemia?
a. Bone pain
b. frequent noss bleeds
c. weight loss
d. shortness of breath
e.pitting oedema
40
50
25
20
10
80
100
50
40
20
Table 3. showing the Nurses knowledge about
Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia -
(Multiple)

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CONCLUSION
This descriptive cross sectional study reflect
that the majority of the respondents
knowledge on AML was moderate. This
studies can Improve knowledge about their
clinical illness and how they will behave to
prevent its complications. This studies helps
to know about what is acute myeloid
leukemia, types, causes, investigation,
treatment, management and complications.