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Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit

Murtadha A. Abdul-Hamza, Rabea M. Ali.

Abstract
Objective: To evaluate nurses' practices regarding assessment of neonatal neurological status after an interventional program.
Material: Pre-experimental study design was utilized, with a pre-, post-test 1 and post-test 2 methods. It was carried out from 9th January to 7th September, 2022. An instrument was developed for the purpose of the study. A non-probability, purposive sample of 30 nurses was recruited from nurses working at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Karbala Paediatric teaching hospital in the holy of Karbala City. The instrument had 47 items.
Results: The overall evaluation of practice among nurses was poor level during the pre-test time (M±SD=8.77±3.29) among 96.7% nurses. The nurses’ practice improved after post-test 1(M±SD=37.43±8.83) among 73.3% of them and post-test 2 (M±SD=35.57±10.54) among 63.3% of them to good level after implementation the interventional program.
Conclusion: Most nurses’ practices was poor but they scored at good level after application the interventional program, during the period of post-test 1 and 2.

Key words: Intervention program, nurses' practices, Neonatal Neurological Examination, NICU.


 
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Abdul-Hamza MA, Ali RM. Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. RMJ. 2023; 48(3): 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238


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Abdul-Hamza MA, Ali RM. Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. https://www.rmj.org.pk/?mno=148965 [Access: December 06, 2023]. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238


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Abdul-Hamza MA, Ali RM. Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. RMJ. 2023; 48(3): 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



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Abdul-Hamza MA, Ali RM. Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. RMJ. (2023), [cited December 06, 2023]; 48(3): 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



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Abdul-Hamza, M. A. & Ali, . R. M. (2023) Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. RMJ, 48 (3), 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



Turabian Style

Abdul-Hamza, Murtadha A., and Rabea M. Ali. 2023. Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (3), 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



Chicago Style

Abdul-Hamza, Murtadha A., and Rabea M. Ali. "Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit." Rawal Medical Journal 48 (2023), 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Abdul-Hamza, Murtadha A., and Rabea M. Ali. "Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit." Rawal Medical Journal 48.3 (2023), 728-730. Print. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Abdul-Hamza, M. A. & Ali, . R. M. (2023) Effectiveness of intervention program on nurses’ practices about assessment of neonatal neurological status in neonatal intensive care unit. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (3), 728-730. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230409074238