Nurse's Knowledge and Performance Regarding Children with Traumatic Brain Injury at Assiut University Hospital. | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 4, Issue 9, December 2016, Page 166-176 PDF (625.76 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2016.60350 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sabah Fawzy Farg1; Mohamed Mohamed Abd-Ellatief2; Fathia Zaky Mohamed3; Amal Ahmed Mobarak.4 | ||||
| 1Head Nurse in Trauma Intensive care Unit at Assiut University Hospital, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Anesthesia and intensive care, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is no degenerative, congenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force, possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, physical and psychosocial functions. Aims assess nurse's knowledge and performance related to the care of children with traumatic brain injury at Assiut University Hospital. A descriptive research design used to conduct this study. The convenience sample involved 71 nurses at Assiut University Hospital (6) working at Cardiopulmonary resuscitations unit, (49) in trauma intensive care unit and (16) trauma intermittent care unit. Results significant differences found between nurse's knowledge and their level of education and between nurse's perform, knowledge and attending training courses (P=0.001). Conclusion the studied nurses had adequate knowledge and performance about traumatic brain injury statistically significant differences were found between nurses. Recommendations were implemented or prepare rehabilitation program for child family to help them to involve in care of child, develop booklet for nurses about management of pediatric traumatic brain injury in Arabic, encourage comities to develop prevention programs for community for prevent child falling. Establishing a small nursing library in hospital units supplied with Arabic recent books nursing periodicals and procedure manuals. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Trauma; Brain Injury; Nursing & Children | ||||
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