PREPAREDNESS OF NURSES TO WORK IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN A SELECTED TERTIARY CARE FACILITY: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
| Autor: | Anu Thukral, Jessy Shaji Paul, Ashok K. Deorari, Poonam Joshi, Sonali Surya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Neonatal intensive care unit medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry education Physical examination medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Work (electrical) Intensive care Preparedness Scale (social sciences) medicine Neonatal nursing Observational study 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Child Health. :20-24 |
| ISSN: | 2349-6126 2349-6118 |
| DOI: | 10.32677/ijch.2018.v05.i01.005 |
| Popis: | Background: Neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) require specialized neonatal nursing care. Objective: The objective of this study was to generate evidence on quality of neonatal nursing by assessing the preparedness of nurses in terms of knowledge and skills in neonatal nursing at pre-service level with respect to specific neonatal procedures and to further explore their self-perception about performing these procedures. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, 36 out of 600 newly joined nurses were randomly recruited. A pre-validated tool consisting of structured knowledge questionnaire, observation checklists for objectively structured clinical examination stations, and self-preparedness scale was used. The knowledge and skill scores were graded as excellent (>80%), average (60–80%), and poor ( 80%); similar number had poor overall skills ( 0.05). The median self-preparedness scores of the nurses suggested their overestimation regarding performing the neonatal procedures. Conclusion: Preparedness of the nurses to work in NICU in terms of skills to perform various neonatal procedures was inadequate and hence requires attention. |
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