The nursing staff, throughout KHCC, is fully trained to all required competencies for their units. KHCC Nurses are aware of emotional and psychological factors affecting patients with cancer and their families. To help facilitate smooth cooperation and administration of all treatment and procedure, our nurses treat each patient as an individual with distinctive needs. KHCC nursing professional practice model that describes our service approach, is considering patient and family as centered of care.

Our direct care nurses (DCN) provide our patients with full of care within the following services:

In-Patients Services: 

1.      Medical – Surgical Services:

Consist of five separate units with a 135 bed capacity (Main Medical-35 beds, Leukemia-17 beds, Main Surgical-23 beds, Palliative-12 beds, and VIP-14 beds) DCNs of the medical / surgical units are trained to all required competencies for their units, which include but not limited to:

·        ^{Administration of intensive chemotherapy}

^{·          Medication administration}

^{·          Pain management techniques}

^{·          Physical assessment}

^{·          Unit-based procedural competency}

2.      Intensive Care Service:

Consist of two separate intensive care units ICUs (Pediatric ICU and Adult ICU). DCNs of ICU are providing care for critically ill cancer patients utilizing modern technology. Nursing assignments reflect an emphasis on the management of patient acuity and psychological needs of recovery post surgery and those suffering from acute oncological complications. At KHCC ICU, one DCN taking care of one patient during each shift (1:1: ratio) which is better than what is been recommended per national and international recommendation to providing high quality of care (2:1).

ICU nurses are trained to be competent to all required competences, which include but not limited to:

^{·          Physical assessment}

^{·          Central line management}

^{·          Cardiac monitoring}

^{·          Oxygen and respiratory therapy}

^{·          Pain management}

^{·          Unit-based procedural competency} 

3.      Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) service:

The capacity of this unit is 15 beds. Nurses are aware of the importance of stressing patient and family education, to allow their understanding and cooperation of all procedures and treatments taking place during hospital stays, as well as post discharge. The BMT staff is trained to all required competences, which include but  not limited to:

^{·          Physical assessment}

^{·          Bone marrow aspirate biopsy}

^{·          Stem cell administration}

^{·          T.P.N administration}

^{·          Oxygen and respiratory therapy}

^{·          Cardiac monitoring}

^{·          Unit-based procedural competency}

4.      Pediatrics service:

The capacity of this unit is 34 beds. Nurses are aware of the importance of pediatric population’s growth and development as well as their special needs along with their families’ need, to allow their understanding and cooperation of all procedures and treatments taking place during hospital stays, as well as post discharge.

The Pediatrics nursing staff is trained to all required competences, which include but not limited to:

^{·          Administration of intensive chemotherapy}

^{·          Pain management techniques}

^{·          Physical assessment (age specific assessment)}

^{·          Unit-based procedural competency}

5.      Operating Room (OR):

Nursing staff takes turns in the scrubbing and circulating duties. A floater remains as a circulator in order to be available to service every room, where assistance is required. Surgical classification in practice includes:

^{·          Gynecology}

^{·          Urology}

^{·          Ophthalmology}

^{·          E.N.T}

^{·          Laparoscopic surgery}

^{·          Head and Neck}

^{·          Neuro – surgery}

^{·          Thoracic surgery}

^{·          Vascular surgery}

^{·          Pediatric surgery}

Outpatient services:

1.      Pediatric Drop-in clinic (5 bed capacity) and Pediatric chemotherapy clinic (7 bed capacity) All are staffed by trained registered nurses and practical nurses.

2.      Endoscopy (endoscopy, minor procedure bronchoscopy): All are staffed by trained registered nurses and technicians.

3.      Ambulatory adult chemotherapy clinic – Building B: The infusion area is located where all out patients receive treatment. Nurses working in this area administer chemotherapy, immune therapy and transfusion support.

Sub-Specialized Nursing Services:

1.      Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC): is an advanced form of nursing practice started at KHCC to improve care for patients with cancer. Several multidisciplinary programs are operated within the center and presence of CNCs is obvious in providing care, support and coordinates the care.

2.      Pain management Nurses: although all nursing staff are been trained of how to manage patients’ pain, but sub-specialized nurses whom extensively trained on how to assess pain, train nurses, and coordinate pain management.

3.      Vascular Access Device (VAD) nursing team: Specialized nurses, who have special training in how to deal with VAD, assess complications, providing VAD care, and access de-access them.

Nursing Special Programs: 

1.      Evidence Based – Resource Unit Nurses EB-RUNs: are group of nurse clinicians in each unit who is provided with all knowledge needed to take a leadership role in all aspects of evidence based practice (EBP). When nurses apply EBP in nursing care plan, a high quality of care for patient will be assured.

2.      Magnet® Recognition

3.      Nursing Quality and patient safety