Quality of Nursing Care Providing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Minia University Hospital

Abstract

The advancements in intensive care in recent decades have enabled better survival of full spectrum of newborns Quality in nursing as a process, which seeks to attain the highest degree of excellence in the delivery of patient care. The aim of this study was to assess quality of nursing care provided in NICU in Minia University Hospital. The subjects of the present study consisted of 32 nurses working in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and responsible for providing direct care for newborn. Two tools were used to collect data:Tool I: Structured interview questionnaireand Tool II Observational check listto assess nurses' knowledge and actual performance of nurses providing direct care for neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Data collection carried out in the period between May to September 2016. The results. Showed that, the mean age was 27.25 ±8.69; more than one third of them (35%) were have Baccalaureate degree education. Nearly half of them did not Attending special course/training about neonatology (51.6%). In addition, the majority of the studied nurses were married (68%), more than (32%) of them were have 5 Years of experiences and about (65%) were Pleasure from their carrier.Nurses’ knowledge about neonatal care. It revealed that more than half ofthe studied nurses had poor knowledge related to knowledge about neonatal care (52.2%, 24% and 23.8% respectively).More than half of the studied nurses showed poor performance related to neonatal care (54.3%), while only (23.7%) showed correct performance about neonatal care. Conclusion: it can be concluded that nurses have an around average of knowledge and quality of practice regarding total score of knowledge and practice related to care provided in  NICU AT Minia university hospital. Recommendations: Based on the results of this study, it recommended the following: Raising the awareness of nurses in NICU about the efficient care provided by the nurses to the neonate in the intensive care unit at Minia university Hospital up to discharge.

Keywords: Quality of Nursing Care, Neonatal Intensive Care.