12/19/2023 0 Comments Nurses for a healthier tomorrow![]() The rate of preterm birth in 2005 was reported 12.9 million births (9.6%) worldwide and about 11 million (85%) in Africa and Asia 3. In recent years, factors such as assisted reproductive technology, old age pregnancy, advanced ante/postnatal diagnosis and treatments cause a rise in preterm birth rate 2. 4 Due to some complications associated prematurity, these infants need to hospitalize in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 1. Generally, the earlier a neonate is born, the higher the risk of complications physiological and psychological. Furthermore, very preterm born at less than 32 weeks of pregnancy and late preterm born between 34 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. Although, premature infants especially those born earliest, often have complicated medical problems 1, meanwhile not all premature experiences complications, these depending on how early a neonate is born, where's extremely preterm born at less than 25 weeks of pregnancy. ![]() 8 A Premature birth gives the neonate less time to develop in the womb. Across countries, the rate of preterm birth ranges from 5% to 18% of babies born. Three-quarters of them could be saved with current, cost-effective interventions. Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age, responsible for nearly 1 million deaths. ![]() There is significant correlation between the scores that the nurses got and the years of their experiences.Įvery year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation), and this number is rising. At Basra, hospital for Maternity and childhood had the highest score 77 %, and followed by Amwani general hospital 76.56 %, then Quran general hospital 75 %, and lastly Basra general hospital 66 %. The mean evaluation score is 73.9 %, the minimum score is 57 %, and the maximum score is 92 %. Only 7.5 % had a participation in training session. 30 % of the nurses were having 1 to 5 years of experience in the PBU, 25 % were having 11 to 15 years, 12.5 % having 6 to 10 years, 5 % having 21 years, 2.5 % having less than one years. 15 % were at 50 to 59 years.57.5 % of the nurses are graduated from secondary school, 32.5 % are graduated from health institute, and 7.5 % from intermediate school and 2.5 % are from college. The study Showed that 90% of the nurses was females and 10% was males, 32 % were at age interval of 20 to 29 years and 50 % were between 30 to 49 years. The data has been fed in SPSS program for statistical purposes. Likert Scale has been used for the evaluation scores. The second part consist of 14 items represent the roles of nurses in the PBU. The enquiry forma consist of 2 part, one for the demographic data, the second part concern with evaluation of the nursing intervention for management of premature babies units, which was done by the resident doctors in these units. A sample of 40 nurses was included and interviewed for the purpose of the study. A selected sample study carried out in four general hospital in Basra-Iraq: Basra general hospital, Almoani general hospital, Qurna general hospital and Basra hospital for Maternity and childhood. To determine the relation between the experience and level of knowledge. To find out relationship between socio demographic variables and nurses knowledge. Our aims were to evaluate of nurse's knowledge in management of premature baby in neonatal units (PBU). ![]() Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation), and this number is rising. ![]()
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