Background: End-of-life care refers to all aspects of the care relating to dying, and bereavement which are provided towards the end of life, end of life care is nowadays essential in nursing care, due to the increasing number of patients who require attention in the final stages of their life, the negative attitude among nurses is one of the most common barriers to the quality end of life care.Objective: To assess attitude of the nurses working at Hiwa Cancer Hospital toward pediatric end of life care in Sulaimani city.Methods: Quantitative Method / Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study has been carried out on (111) nurses working in Hiwa cancer hospital. Data were collected using standard questionnaires (Frommelt Attitude toward Care of the Dying scale ) data analyzed using statistical package of social science version (24).Results: The findings of present study demonstrate that 57.3% of nurses had good attitude, 14.2%fair attitude and 28.3% poor attitude toward end of life care , with the total mean and standard deviation (2.345±0.68) which indicated that nurses have good level of attitude as general, results show that level of education, work place, received training course about end of life care, attending seminar, workshop about pediatric end of life care had significant association with the attitude of nurses towards pediatric end of life care. Conclusion and Recommendation:Overall nurses have good attitude about end of life care. It's essential for nurses who were at fair or poor attitude about end of life care to be familiarized with the concepts of end-of-life care through trainings, workshops and formal or informal education in both academic and hospital settings.
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