Postpartum nurse's Compliance with Safety Measures | ||||
Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Volume 25, Issue 3, September 2023, Page 76-90 PDF (441.7 K) | ||||
Document Type: Research articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2023.318357 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Abeer Shawky Mohamed![]() | ||||
1Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Ministry of Health, Dar Ismail Institute | ||||
2Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Women die as a result of complications during and following pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these complications develop during pregnancy and most are preventable or treatable. Aim: To assess postpartum nurse's compliance with safety measures. Settings: The study will be carried out at the all postpartum units in five hospitals in Alexandria. The Tool one: Nurses knowledge about safety measures during postpartum period. This tool divided into two parts: The Part I: Socio-demographic data structured Questionnaire: It will include basic data of the study. The Part Two: Nurses knowledge about safety measures during postpartum period. Tool two: Postpartum nurses’ compliance with Safety measures guidelines observational checklist: This tool will be adapted by the researcher from ministry of health and WHO. Results: The study revealed that more than half (55%) of the studied nurses had poor score compared to 41% of them had fair score and only 4% of the studied nurses had good score of knowledge. It was observed that more than half on the studied nurses (53.00%) had poor total score of compliance while 47.00% of them had fair score Conclusion: The study clarified that there is no statistically significant relationship between the studied nurses total score of compliance and their knowledge regarding safety measures during postpartum period. Recommendations: Reinforce regular supervision of nurses in the postpartum to ensure that they comply with patient safety measures. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Postpartum Period; Patient Safety Measures | ||||
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