Assessment of Nursing Care Provided to Premature Neonates at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Zagazig University Children Hospital | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2011, 2019, Pages 1-14 PDF (65.06 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2019.38607 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Bataa Mahmoud Mohamed1; Amal Mohammed El Dakhakhny2; Samah El- Awady Bassam3; Lotfy Mohamed El Sayed4 | ||
| 1Assistant Lecturer, Pediatric Nursing Dep., Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University. | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University | ||
| 4Professor of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Premature neonate who is born before 37th week of gestation, having one or more complication and is treated in the neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal intensive care unit is a healthcare unit designed for critically or seriously ill neonates who are unable to communicate their needs or who require deliberate planned observation, and highly skilled nursing care. The aim of the present study was to assess nursing care provided to premature neonate at neonatal intensive care unit at Zagazig University Children Hospital. A descriptive design was utilized in the present study. The study was conducted at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Zagazig University Children Hospital. The study subjects included 22 nurses working in neonatal intensive care unit. Two tools were used; first a questionnaire sheet for nurse's characteristics and the second tool was an observational checklist used to assess nurse's practice. The study results indicated that all of the studied nurses had both satisfactory and unsatisfactory levels regarding their practice. The study findings concluded that nurses were incompetent in providing care to premature neonates. The main study recommendations included, in-service educational program to update nurses' practice should be conducted and nurse's practice should be adequately supervised by head nurse as well as proper feedback should be given to nurses to improve quality of care of premature neonates and booklets of critical procedures for premature neonates should be available at the unit. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Assessment; Premature neonate; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; nursing care | ||
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