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Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Educational Program on Nurses' Performance and Physiological Parameters of Preterm Neonates

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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   Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a comprehensive, humanized, cost effective, developmentally supportive therapy for hospitalized preterm infants and proven method of care for low-birth-weight infants. It is a useful method for addressing a baby's demands for warmth, nursing, stimulation, safety, and affection as well as for preventing infections and shortening hospital stays. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of kangaroo care educational program on nurses' performance and physiological parameters of preterm neonates. Study design: A quasi-experimental (pre/post-test) research design was utilized. Setting: This study was carried out at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura City. Subjects: A convenient sample of 50 nurses working at NICU and a purposive sample of 50 preterm neonates and their mothers in NICU. Results: The study revealed that there was a significant improvement in nurses' knowledge and practices about KMC and also a significant improvement in the physiological parameters of preterm neonates immediately after and three months later than pre implementation of educational program. Conclusion: Implementing an educational program about KMC effectively improved nurses' knowledge and practices and physiological parameters of preterm neonates. Recommendation: Periodic KMC training for nurses is needed and should aim to build nurses' competence in providing KMC in different health care settings.

DOI

10.21608/ejnsr.2024.257973.1344

Keywords

Educational Program, KMC, Nurses Performance, Preterm neonates, physiological parameters

Authors

First Name

Gawhara

Last Name

Ebrahem

MiddleName

Gad Soliman

Affiliation

Assistant Professor at Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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dr.gawhara@gmail.com

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Mansoura

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Hassanen

MiddleName

Abd Elsamea Elguoshy

Affiliation

Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

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ema_elguoshy@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Aml

Last Name

Mansy

MiddleName

Reda Mohamed Ebrahem

Affiliation

Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

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amalmansy2020@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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4

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2

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45263

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-12-29

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2024-01-01

Page Start

340

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359

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2682-4574

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1,241

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International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research

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Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Educational Program on Nurses' Performance and Physiological Parameters of Preterm Neonates

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25 Dec 2024