Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
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Nurse's Skills Regarding Care of Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Selected in Jazan, KSA

Layla M Ali¹, Dalal M Ahmed¹, SitElbanat O Mohamed^2* and Maryam A Mohammed¹

¹Nursing College, Jazan University, KSA

²Pediatric Nursing, Nursing College, Jazan University, KSA

Received Date: Oct 14, 2019 / Accepted Date: Nov 05, 2019 / Published Date: Nov 12, 2019

Citation: Ali LM, Ahmed DM, Mohamed SO, Mohammed MA (2019) Nurse’s Skills Regarding Care of Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Selected in Jazan, KSA. Neonat Pediatr Med 5: 184.

Copyright: © 2019 Ali LM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Preterm is defined as babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. Premature infants can develop a range of problems because their organs are not mature enough. The proper nursing care of premature baby should be established by good nursing performances. Our aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess the skills of nurses regarding premature infants care in incubator admitted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at king Fahd Hospital and prince bin Nasser Hospital, Jazan city. The study was conducted in the period from December 2018 to March 2019. Total convenience sample of 50 nurses were enrolled in the study. The study focused mainly on frequent and routine nursing process. Data was collected by questionnaire and observational check list. The study showed that most of nurses had adequate practice regarding care of premature in incubator except wiping the inside and changing humidified water. The study recommended that nurses need continuous education program for staff development and maintaining their practice on good levels.

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