Assessment of Nurses Performance Regarding Penicillin Administration for Pediatric Patients | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 2, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 15-26 PDF (344.86 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.183451 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Nasr El Din Mosbeh1; Hyam Refaat Tantawi2; Nashwa Said Mohamed Ali3 | ||
| 1Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3B.Sc., Nursing, (2009), Clinical Instructor at El-Doaa Nursing Institute | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Pediatric nursing staff have an important role in administrating of penicillin and understanding the effect of penicillin allergy for pediatric patients. Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess the nurses' performance regarding penicillin administration for pediatric patients. Research Design: A descriptive design was used to this study. Setting: the study was conducted at General Outpatient clinics of Children's Hospital Affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals and Caridac Clinic. Subjects: A convenience sample was composed of 50 nurses working at the previously mentioned settings regardless their experience, age, gender, and qualification. Tools of data collection: (1) An interview questionnaire sheet to assess nurse knowledge about penicillin administration (2) Observational checklist to assess nurses practice toward penicillin administration. Results: The result found that half of the studied nurses their age were ranging between 20 years to less than 30 years old, with mean age 22.6±1.3, and more than half of studied nurses were females, while the minority of them had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding penicillin administration and most of them were incompetent for practices regarding penicillin administration. Conclusion: The study concluded that two thirds of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory total level of knowledge regarding penicillin administration, while more than half of them had incompetent total score of practices regarding penicillin administration, and there were a positive relation between nurses’ knowledge and their practices toward penicillin administration with statistical significant difference. Recommendation: The study recommended that, periodic assessment for nurses performance regarding penicillin administration. Developing educational and orientation program for nurses about penicillin administration to improve their performance regarding penicillin administration. Further studies should be conducted in large sample size in different pediatric places to generalize information and improve nurses' knowledge and practice regarding penicillin administration. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nurses' Performance; Penicillin Administration; Pediatric Patients | ||
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