Effect of Preterm' Healing Environment Program for Nurses on their Knowledge and Related Practices

Abstract: Background: Nurses must have the necessary knowledge, competent practices regarding creating healing environment for preterm in neonatal intensive care unit to reduce stress and promote better outcomes. Aim: Evaluate the effect of preterm’ healing environment program for nurses on their knowledge and related practices. Design: One group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design was adopted. Sample: A convenient sample of forty nurses who were providing care for preterm neonates. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire and observational checklist. Results: Nurses' knowledge about methods of reducing noise, light and visual stimuli, effects of exposure of preterm neonates to noise and benefits of reducing light levels improved in post-test. All nurses do not put ear muffs for preterm neonate either before or after teaching program, less than two thirds, three fifths and more than half of nurses were set alarms and phone to lowest level, keep nursing and medical rounds away from neonate incubator, and wear quiet shoes and move softly in post-test. After the program most of nurses reducing the light level, using eye cover and offer non-nutritive sucking with non-oral feeding. More than three quarters and most of nurses corrected the practices related to close the incubator doors softly and do not place things above. More than half of the nurses and more do the practices related to application of kangaroo care. Three quarters of nurses start containment before painful procedures. Also clustering of care, nesting and developmentally supported positions were improved with highly statistically significant differences. Conclusion: Healing environment program had positive effect on improvement of nurses’ knowledge and practices related. Recommendation: Ensure regular on job training programs for nurses about preterm’ healing environment to update their knowledge and practices. Keywords: Healing environment, knowledge, neonates, nurses, practices, preterm, program. Title: Effect of Preterm' Healing Environment Program for Nurses on their Knowledge and Related Practices Author: Assist. Lecturer Samar Gamal Selim, Prof. Azza Abd Elmoghny Attia, Assist. Prof. Manal Farouk Mohamed International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing ISSN 2394-7330 Vol. 11, Issue 3, September 2024 - December 2024 Page No: 97-108 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 30-December-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14575558 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Effect%20of%20Preterm%20Healing%20Environment-30122024-1.pdf