Assessment of Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of Children Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 3, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 30-47 PDF (657.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.197431 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Osama Elshahat Mostafa* 1; Amal Ahmad Khalil2; Mohamed Mohamed Elmazahy3; Nabila Hassan Abed Ella1 | ||
| 1Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University | ||
| 2Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 3Pediatric Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alazhar University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Mechanical ventilation is one of the most common therapies in the newborn intensive care units. Nursing care for ventilator pediatric patients which include: review communications, check ventilator settings and modes, suction appropriately, assess pain and sedation needs, prevent infection, prevent hemodynamic instability, manage airway, meet patient nutritional needs, and wean the pediatric patient from the ventilator appropriately, Aim of the present study was to assess nurses' performance regarding care of children undergoing mechanical ventilation. Design: descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: the study was conducted at neonatal and pediatric intensive care units at two of the general hospitals in Port-Said City -these are El-Nasr General Hospital and Port-Foud General Hospital- and Suez Canal University Hospital. Sample: Convenience sample, including all nurses (90) who work in the previous mentioned hospitals and agreed to participate in the study. Tools for data collection: three tools: A structured Questionnaire Sheet, Nurses' Attitude Questionnaire Sheet and Nurses’ Observational Checklist. Results: study revealed that less than half of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding care of children undergoing mechanical ventilation and more than half of nurses who had unsatisfactory level was found at university hospital, whereas all of nurses had adequate level of practice and had positive attitudes regarding care of children undergoing mechanical ventilation. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a highly statistically significant difference between the total score of knowledge and educational level, place of work and work experience. Also the study reported that there was statistically significant difference between total knowledge score and practice score. Recommendation: it is recommended that nurses need for an educational programs about mechanical ventilation. The study also recommends that need for practical oriented program including oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal suctioning, handwashing and documentation introduced for nurses. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Mechanical ventilation; Neonatal intensive care units; Pediatric intensive care unit | ||
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