Assessment of Nurses’ Documentation Skills in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 77, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 1012-1026 PDF (313.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.251360 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wafaa Hamdy El Khateeb1; Randa Mohamed Adly2; Bothayna Nader Sadk3 | ||
| 1B.s.c, Benha University, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Professor Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Documentation is a fundamental nursing responsibility with professional, legal and financial ramification. Aim: This study aimed to assess the nurses' documentation skills in neonatal intensive care unit through assessing nurses’ knowledge and practices toward the documentation and assessing nurses’ attitude toward documentation in neonatal intensive care units. Research design: descriptive study. Setting: The study was conducted at Neonatal Intensive Care Units at Maternity and Gynecological Hospital and Pediatric Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals and Said Galal Hospital affiliated to Al-Azhar University hospitals. Subjects: A purposive sample the subject of the study included of nurses (60) and purposive sample of neonates (60) who admitted in NICU in the previously mentioned settings. Tools: four tools were used: First tool, Structured questionnaire format: to assess nurses’ knowledge as regard to documentation skills. Second tool, neonates' assessment sheet. Third tool, Standardized frame for documentation skills for common neonatal problems. Fourth tools, nurses' attitude regarding documentation skills in NICU. Results: The mean age of the studied nurses was 26.5±5.91 years. Regarding educational qualification, 53.3% of studied nurses had nursing technical institute education. In relation to mean years of experience in neonatal intensive care, the mean was 6.62±2.87 years. Three quarters of nurses had no attendance of previous training courses in nursing documentation. There is a statistically significant relation between total knowledge of the studied nurses and their socio-demographic characteristics (age, educational qualification and years of experience in NICUs). There is a statistically significant relation between total practice of the studied nurses and their socio-demographic characteristics (age, educational qualification and years of experience in NICUs). There is a statistically significant relation between total attitude of the studied nurses and their educational qualification. Conclusion: More than half of nurses had satisfactory knowledge regarding documentation skills in NICUs. The majority of nurses had positive attitude regarding documentation skills in NICUs. More than half of nurses had competent practices regarding documentation skills in NICUs. There is a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice. Recommendations: In-service education for upgrading nurses’ skills toward documentation in neonate intensive care units. Further research studies are needed for ongoing assessment of nurses including large sample for generalization of results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Documentation Skills; Neonatal Intensive Care Units | ||
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