Nurses' Knowledge and Practice Regarding Developmental Supportive Care for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants

Khalil, Amal; Abd Elsalam Mohamed, Nehad; Rezk Mohamed, Nagwa; Abd El Motaleb Mousa, Abeer Shaban

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2021.186866

Nurses' Knowledge and Practice Regarding Developmental Supportive Care for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Port Said University

² Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Mansoura University

³ Lecture of Pediatric Nursing, Port Said University

⁴ B.SC of Nursing, Zagazig university

10.21608/pssjn.2021.186866

Abstract

Background: Developmental supportive carerecognizes the physical, psychological and emotional vulnerabilities of premature and low birth weight infants. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of nurses regarding developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Subjects and method: design: A descriptive designwas used, the study was carried out on 180 nurses at the governmental hospitals at Mansoura City. Tools: Tool (1) Structured interview for nurses' personal characteristics and their knowledge about preterm infant and developmental supportive care. Tool (2) an observational checklist for nurses' practice of developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants during daily nursing care procedures. Results revealed that most of the studied nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants while of them had inadequate practice of developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants, there were no statistically significant relation between nurses' knowledge and their actual practice (p < 0.05). Conclusion: 64.4% of the studied nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants, while more than half of studied nurses (56.7%) had inadequate level of practicing developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants. Recommendations. Setting training and educational programs for nurses to improve their knowledge and their performance regarding developmental supportive care for preterm and low birth weight infants.

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Main Subjects

Pediatric Nursing

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