Nurses' Perspective about Developmentally Supportive Care for Preterm Neonates | ||||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 16, Issue 1, July 2014, Page 45-56 PDF (82.59 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2014.205575 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Awatif Hassan Elsharkawy* | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Despite the fact of evidences are suggesting the training of neonatal intensive care nurses in developmentally supportive care (DSC) to improve the outcomes of preterm neonates, no previous researches explored the nurses perspective to improve the development of preterm during hospitalization. Objective: The study aims to identify nurses' perspective about developmentally supportive care for premature neonates. Subjects: All available nurses (45 nurses) who are responsible for caring of preterm neonates were involved in the study. Tools: Developmental supportive care interview structured schedule was used to collect data. Results: Unfortunately, most of NICU nurses (73.3%) did not receive or attend any educational courses or workshops about the developmentally supportive care for preterm neonates. It was found that the majority of nurses (91.7%) who received training mentioned most of developmental supportive care for preterm neonates such as the application of nesting, avoidance of unnecessary activities and handling of preterm neonates, control of infection and promotion of breastfeeding. In addition, involvement of mother in baby care will promote the preterm development. In contrast, the largest percent of untrained nurses (42.4%) suggested only breastfeeding and involvement of mother in neonatal care. Recommendations: Establishment of Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) for the team in NICU are essential. Such program has to work in collaboration with other health professionals who are responsible to care for preterm neonates on day to day basis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Developmentally Supportive Care; Preterm Neonates | ||||
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