Effect of Educational Instructions on Nurses' Performance Regarding Common Alarms Indicators at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 35, Issue 4, November 2024 PDF (998.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.406231 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hager Omar Mostafa Elshabody1; Heba Saeed Al-Mahdi2; Nagafa Hafez Farag3; Nagwa Ibrahim Mabrouk Baraka4 | ||||
| 11Nursing specialist, Samannoud Central Hospital, ElGharbia Governorate, Egypt. 2Master student of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Clinical alarms, particularly in neonatal Intensive care units, are vital for alerting healthcare providers when a neonate requires immediate attention. Fatigue from alarms occur when nurses are subjected to plenty of numerous alarms, resulting ignorance, postponed reaction to alarms that may result in severe health problems to neonates. Aim: Evaluate the effect of educational instructions on nurses' performance regarding common alarms indicators at neonatal intensive care unit. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi- experimental research design was used Sample: A convenience sampling of (70) nurses who are working at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Tanta Main University Hospital were included. Tools: two tools were used, Tool I: Nurses, knowledge questionnaire regarding Common Alarms Indicators Tool II: Common Alarms Indicators Observation Checklists. Results: Most of the studied nurses had moderate level of knowledge and the majority of them had unsatisfactory practices pre educational instruction, whereas immediately following the educational instruction and after one month, the majority of nurses had high knowledge and satisfactory practice. Conclusion: There was a notable improvement in nurses' performance regarding common alarms indicators at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Recommendations: Performing recurring training in service education as nursing guidelines for nurses at Intensive Care Units to improve their knowledge and practices regarding devices alarms management | ||||
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