Nurses Performance regarding Humanized Care of Newborn with Hyperbilirubinemia | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2023, Page 191-205 PDF (474.02 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.336954 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman Salah Elmetwaly Abdelrahman Galala1; Sahar Mahmoud El-khedr Abdelgawad2; Heba Saied El-mahdy3; Nagafa Hafez Farag4 | ||||
| 1Assistant Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 3Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University. | ||||
| 4Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Jaundice is one of the most common diagnoses in the neonatal period, it is estimated to occur in 60% of term newborns in the first week of life. Humanized nursing care is a professional practice, educational, and research opportunity that nurses in the quickly evolving technological environment of the Neonatal Intensive Care Units must constantly investigate, assess, and improve. Aimed of the present study to assess nurses’ performance regarding humanized nursing care of newborn with hyperbilirubinemia. Research Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The present study was conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Subjects: A convenient sample of 70 nurses was involved. Tools: Jaundice humanized care structured questionnaire, and nurses' comprehensive observational checklists. The results: It was found that the majority of nurses had low level of knowledge about neonatal jaundice and unsatisfactory practice of humanized care was reported by 92.9 % of the nurses. Conclusion: Most of the studied nurses had low level of total knowledge about neonatal jaundice and humanized nursing care. In addition, the majority of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory practice regarding care of neonatal jaundice and humanized nursing care. Recommendations: Periodic continuous training programs about humanized care should be provided to neonatal nurses. Humanized care must be integrated with the routine care of neonatal jaundice. | ||||
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