Impact of Training Neonatal Resuscitation Program uponNurse'sPractices in Operation Room

Abstract

The study aims to training program will be conducted to improve nurse practical skills toward neonatal resuscitation and find the relationship between the nurses' knowledge and their demographic characteristics. A Quasi experimental study was carried out in 4 teaching hospitals (Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Al-Karama Teaching Hospital, Al-karkh Hospital for Deliver, and Al- Kadhimiyia Teaching Hospital) in Baghdad City from the 14th August 2011 to 15th of May 2012. The sample of (40) nurses who are working in the maternal operation room and who are doing caesarean section in these hospitals. The data was collected through using constructed questionnaire which comprises (46) items and using specially constructed questionnaire, which comprises two parts. The first one is demographic characteristics and the second part for nurses' practices, the questionnaire used in pre test before application of the program and post test 1 immediately after the application of the program and post test 2 after (2) months and post test 3 application after (6) months later. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined through a pilot study and validity through a panel of experts. The data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistic frequency, percentage, and the application of inferential statistical procedures, which include Pearson correlation coefficient and chi-square.

Keywords

• Nurses' Practices, Neonatal Resuscitation