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Abstract
Abstract
Aim of the work: To assess nurses malpractices during blood samples withdrawal from neonates at Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Design: A descriptive study design. Settings: This study was conducted at Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at Children’s Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals, NICU at Children’s Hospital affiliated to Zagazig University Hospitals and NICU at Hehia Central Hospital affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subject: Composed of all available nursing staff (100 nurses) and (100 neonates). Tools: Composed of self administrative questionnaire sheet, observational checklist and attitude assessment sheet. The results: Showed that more than three quarters of the studied nurses had a satisfactory level of knowledge, more than half of nurses had incompetent level of practice during blood samples withdrawal and nearly half of them had apositive attitude about blood samples withdrawal. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it could be concluded that, there were significant relation and positive correlation between total knowledge, practice and attitude of the studied nurses regarding withdrawal of blood samples in neonates. Recommendations: The content and process of training courses need to be revised with focus on practice. Further researches with intervention program are required involving larger study sample of nurses at different study setting all over Egypt. Designing and carrying out measures and precautions to prevent the nurses malpractices during blood sampling withdrawal and enhancement nurses knowledge, practice and attitude.