TITLE:
The Effect of Intervention on Nurse’s Performance Regarding Feeding of Premature Baby in Neonate Care Unit at Public Hospitals in Hodeida City: Yemen
AUTHORS:
Hanaa Abduh Heba Mohsen Ebrah, Kalthoum Ibrahim Yousif
KEYWORDS:
Hodeida, Premature, Feeding, NCU, Nurse, Pretest, Posttest, Training Program
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.10 No.4,
December
17,
2020
ABSTRACT: Prematurity
is the most common direct cause of newborn mortality that can be reduced by
improving the care for premature baby in Neonatal Care Units. Nursing staff
working in such units must be highly qualified to avoid complications which lead to the increase of disability and
death rate. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of intervention on Nurse’s Performance regarding feeding premature baby in Neonate Care Unit. Interventional Study design
with pre and posttest was used. The study was carried out at neonatal care
units of Organization of AL-Thora Public Hospital
and AL-Slkhana Hospital for Maternal and childhood in Hodeida city in Yemen.
Method: Total coverage of 50 nurses in the previously mentioned settings. Three
tools were used tool viz. the Structured questionnaire including two parts for
Demographic data of nurses and level of basic nurse’s knowledge tool, the Observation Check list, and the training program
procedure which consists of 4 phases: Phase (1) Pretest for the existing
knowledge for nurses using the questionnaire format; Phase (2) Orientation to
the educational program; Phase (3) close supervision to the participants while
applying the nursing practice; Phase (4) Posttest at the end of the program
(the same questionnaire and the observation check
list format were used). Results: The results showed that the total
knowledge and practice skills of the nurses were higher in the posttest than
the pretest. There was a statistical significance correlation between the total nurses’ knowledge and their total practice’s skill in the posttest (p educational.