Nurses' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Oxytocin Infusion Care for Women during Labor | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 85-97 PDF (899.93 K) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2020.159374 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Samy Sengab* 1; Nadia Mohammed Fahmy2; Aziza Ibrahim Mohammed1; Somaya Ouda Abd-Elmoniem1 | ||
| 1Obstetrics and Women’s Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2maternity and neonatal nursing, Faculty of nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Oxytocic are the drugs that give power to excite uterine muscles to contract. Between a large numbers of drugs belonging to oxytocic, oxytocin is the important one and is extensively used in clinical practice. Aim of the study: To assess nurses' knowledge and practice regarding oxytocin infusion care for women during labor. Research design: A descriptive study was conducted. Setting: The study was conducted in labor unit at obstetrics and gynecological department affiliated at Benha University hospital from the end of May to the end of November 2017. Sample: Convenient sample of a total nurses 50. Tool: Two tools were utilized to collect data; Tool (I): structure interviewing questionnaire divided in two parts including general characteristics of nurse and assessment knowledge sheet for assessing nurses’ knowledge regarding oxytocin. Tool (II): an observational checklist to assess nurses' practices during oxytocin infusion. Result: Near half (44%) of the studied nurses had poor knowledge and two thirds (60%) of them had unsatisfactory practice regarding oxytocin infusion care. Conclusion: Half of studied nurses had poor knowledge and unsatisfactory practice and there was a positive correlation between total knowledge and practice score of studied nurses. Recommendation: Improve nurses' knowledge and practice regarding oxytocin and its safe administration. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| oxytocin administration; knowledge; practices | ||
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