Assessment of the Nurses’ Role toward Nutritional Therapy for High-Risk Neonates | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 57, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 826-848 PDF (1.48 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.221686 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hesham, H.1; Al Sharkawi, S.2; Adly, R.2 | ||||
| 1Sc. Nursing Sciences 2009-Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Nutritional therapy is important to support the high-risk neonates to promote growth and neurodevelopmental outcome. Aim: assess the nurses' role toward nutritional therapy for high-risk neonates. Design: A descriptive design. Subjects: A purposive sample was composed of 50 nurses who worked at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Children Hospital and Gynecological Hospital affiliated with Ain Shams University. Tools: Assessment tool of high- risk neonates to assess characteristics’ the studied neonates; predesigned questionnaire sheet, observation checklists and attitude Likert type scale. Results: The results revealed that less than half of the studied nurses had an average level of total knowledge. More than half of them had an incompetent level of practice and a positive attitude toward nutritional therapy for high-risk neonates. There were statistically significant differences between the studied nurses’ characteristics and their knowledge, practices and attitude regarding nutritional therapy for high- risk neonates. Finally, there was a positive correlation between the nurses' knowledge, practices and their attitude related to nutritional therapy for high-risk neonates. Conclusion: The study concluded that, less than half of the studied nurses had an average level of total knowledge, less than two-thirds of them had an incompetent level of practice and more than half of them had a positive attitude toward nutritional therapy for high-risk neonates by P-value < 0.05. Recommendation: the current study recommended that, establish a written updated protocol about nutritional therapy to improve the level of nurses’ performance regarding the nutritional therapy for high-risk neonates and training program should be provided for all nurses working in NICUsto improve their performance regarding nutritional therapy for high- risk neonates. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| High-Risk Neonate; NutritionalTherapy; Nursesrole | ||||
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