Effectiveness Of An Educational Program On Nurses' Practices About Blood Exchange Transfusion Procedure In Neonatal Intensive Care Unit In Al – Ramadi Teaching Hospital For Maternity And Children

Abstract

Background : Newborn jaundice accounts for about 10 percent -35 percent of hospital admissions and it consider one of the most common causes of fetal morbidity and mortality. It is a worldwide disease that occurs in the week of first life in up to 80% of preterm and 60% of term neonates. Neonatal jaundice can lead to encephalopathy and even death during the neonatal period. The most common causes of neonatal jaundice is ABO incompatibility. When the baby has blood group A or B and his mother has blood group O, maternal-fetal ABO incompatibility occurs. Approximately 15-20 per cent of all births. This disorder occurs. Around 10% of incompatible neonates with ABO and anemia, hemolytic disease (1). The study aimed to assess the nurses' practices about blood exchange transfusion procedure, to determine effectiveness of an education program on nurses' practices about blood exchange transfusion procedure in neonatal intensive care unit in Al- Ramadi Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children, to identify the relationship between nurses' Practices and their demographic characteristics such as age, sex, education level, employment, and training session. A quasi experimental study was carried out in neonatal intensive care unit in al- Ramadi teaching hospital for maternity and children started from 10th of January 2021 until 25th of juley 2021 . A purposive sample of (60) nurses who work in neonatal intensive care unit in al- Ramadi teaching hospital for maternity and children. A purposive sample of (60) nurses who work in neonatal intensive care unit in al- Ramadi teaching hospital for maternity and children , the data were collected through a constructed questionnaire, with two parts , the first part is concerned with nurses demographical characteristics , the second part is concerned with nurses' practices about blood exchange transfusion procedure . An observation method was used to full the questionnaire format.