Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Nasogastric Tube at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Baghdad Hospitals Mohammed Asmahan Qasim* Pediatric Nursing Unit, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Asmahan Qasim Mohammed, Pediatric Nursing Unit, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq; Phone number: 009647513261022; E-mail: asmahankassim825@yahoo.com
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract A descriptive study was carried out in Baghdad City from 16th of Nov 2017 to 1st of May 2018. A non-probability sample of (35) Nurses working at neonatal Intensive care unit at the Children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Child's Central Teaching Hospital and Ibn-Albaldy Hospital. The study instrument consisted of three major parts to meet the purposes of the study. The first part is related to nurses socio-demographic data, the second part is related to nurses knowledge about nasogastric tube, it consisted of three domains (20) items and the third part is observation checklist related to nurses practices about NG tube, it consist of (14) items. The validity of the instrument's contents was established through a panel of (10) in different specialties related to the field of the present study. The study was collected by using a constructed questionnaire through an application of direct interview and observation checklist. The data were analysed by using two statistical approaches: Descriptive, Inferential statistics. The study revealed that the nurses knowledge about NG tube was 54.3% (Poor), followed by those who have 37.1% (fair) knowledge. Top Keywords Nurses, Knowledge, Practises, Nasogastric tube. Top |