Effect of Preterm Neonates' Developmental Supportive Care Program on Nurses' Performance
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Developmental care involves adjusting the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce stress and improve optimal brain and behavioral development of the preterm neonate. The aim of developmental care is to support each neonate to be as stable, well organized and competent as possible by responding to the neonate’s cues and management them carefully. Objective: evaluate the effect of preterm neonates' developmental supportive care program on nurses' performance. Setting: This study was conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Maternity University Hospital at El-Shatby in Alexandria. Subjects: All nurses who were responsible for providing care for preterm neonates (50 nurses).Tool: one tool was used to collect necessary data namely; Nurses' Performance of the Developmental Supportive Care for Preterm Neonates Observational Checklist. Results: The results of the current study revealed that, none of nurses obtained good score related to developmental supportive care before program. On the other hand, three quarters (74%) of nurses had good total score for developmental supportive care immediately after the application of the program. Unfortunately, this percent decreased to 42% three months later .There was statistical significant difference between nurses’ performance total scores regarding developmental supportive care before, immediately after the application of the program, and three months later (p= <0.001). Conclusion: It can be concluded that, nurses had good total score of performance regarding developmental supportive care immediately after the application of the program, and it declined three months after program application. Recommendations: Proper in-service training for nurses about the developmental supportive care interventions is mandatory to update their knowledge and improve their performance about developmental supportive care.
Authors and Affiliations
Randa El-Sayed Mohammed, Gehan Maher Khamis, Yomn Youssef Sabry
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