Effect of Educational Guidelines Program on Nurses Performance for Caring of Neonates Receiving Continues Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation

Abstract

Background Continuous Positive Airway Pressure refers to the application of positive pressure to the airway of a spontaneously breathing neonate throughout the respiratory cycle. It is a respiratory support method for neonates with either upper airway obstruction or respiratory failure. The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines program on nurses performance for Caring of neonates receiving Continues Positive Airway Pressure ventilation . Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in the present study. The study was conducted at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Tanta University Hospital . Subjects: Convenience sampling of 60 nurses who working at the above previously mentioned setting . Two tools were used to collect data: Structured interview schedule for nurses' knowledge regarding Continues Positive Airway Pressure and Observational checklist for nurses caring of neonates receiving Continues Positive Airway Pressure . Results : Represented that more than half of nurses had poor knowledge and the majority had unsatisfactory reported practices before educational