The Effect of Intervention on Nurse’s Performance Regarding Feeding of Premature Baby in Neonate Care Unit at Public Hospitals in Hodeida City: Yemen

摘要

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 style="font-family:Verdana;">Check list style="font-family:Verdana;">, 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 style="font-family:Verdana;">check list style="font-family:Verdana;"> 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 style="font-family:Verdana;">significance style="font-family:Verdana;"> correlation between the total nurses’ knowledge and their total style="font-family:Verdana;">practice’s style="font-family:Verdana;"> skill in the posttest (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Most of the study participants attained a score less than “good” in the levels of knowledge and practical skills in the pretest which became “very good” to “Excellent” after the style="font-family:Verdana;">educational style="font-family:Verdana;">.