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Effect of Educational Instructions on Nurses' Performance Regarding Common Alarms Indicators at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Background: Clinical alarms, particularly in neonatal Intensive care units, are
vital for alerting healthcare providers when a neonate requires immediate attention.
Fatigue from alarms occur when nurses are subjected to plenty of numerous
alarms, resulting ignorance, postponed reaction to alarms that may result in severe
health problems to neonates. Aim: Evaluate the effect of educational instructions
on nurses' performance regarding common alarms indicators at neonatal intensive
care unit. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi- experimental research design
was used Sample: A convenience sampling of (70) nurses who are working at
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Tanta Main University Hospital were included.
Tools: two tools were used, Tool I: Nurses, knowledge questionnaire regarding
Common Alarms Indicators Tool II: Common Alarms Indicators Observation
Checklists. Results: Most of the studied nurses had moderate level of knowledge
and the majority of them had unsatisfactory practices pre educational instruction,
whereas immediately following the educational instruction and after one month,
the majority of nurses had high knowledge and satisfactory practice. Conclusion:
There was a notable improvement in nurses' performance regarding common
alarms indicators at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Recommendations:
Performing recurring training in service education as nursing guidelines for nurses
at Intensive Care Units to improve their knowledge and practices regarding devices
alarms management

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10.21608/tsnj.2024.406231

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Hager

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Elshabody

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Omar Mostafa

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1Nursing specialist, Samannoud Central Hospital, ElGharbia Governorate, Egypt. 2Master student of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

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Heba

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Al-Mahdi

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Saeed

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Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.

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Nagafa

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Farag

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Hafez

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Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Tanta University, Egypt

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Nagwa

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Baraka

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Ibrahim Mabrouk

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

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35

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4

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53192

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2024-11-01

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2025-01-20

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2024-11-01

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2314-5595

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2735-5519

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Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of Educational Instructions on Nurses' Performance Regarding Common Alarms Indicators at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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01 Feb 2025