Assessment of Nurses Knowledge Regarding Blood Exchange Transfusion at Mosul Neonatal Care Units

Amwaj Saad Aldeen Ahmed (1) , Nasir Muwfaq Younis (2)
(1) Oncology Hospital, Nineveh Health Directorate, Iraq , Iraq
(2) Nasir Muwfaq Younis , Iraq

Abstract

Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia is the most common clinical problem in the new born period Phototherapy has become the routine both for treatment of neonates with hyperbilirubinaemia and for prophylaxis in high risk patients such as preterm infants.


Objectives: To aim to assess of Nurses Knowledge Regarding Blood Exchange Transfusion at Mosul Neonatal Care Units


Methods: Purposive Sampling ( Non probability ) to determine the assess of Nurses Knowledge Regarding Blood Exchange Transfusion at Mosul Neonatal Care Units. The sample was collected for the study in Mosul neonatal care units that they was  )60 ) nurse who are works  in neonatal care units. Data is analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software for Windows (Version 26).


Results: The finding results  refer to age of (31-35), with a percentage of about 33.33%. Likewise, women were more involved in the study 56.67%.While the highest cultural level were graduates of nursing institutes 43.34%, Sixty percent of the sample did not have any training course specializing in blood transfusion among newborns.


Conclusion: This study concluded that the knowledge of nurses who worked in pediatric care units regarding the blood transfusion process was very weak and poor, and the main reason is the lack of training courses dealing with this topic.

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Amwaj Saad Aldeen Ahmed
Nasir Muwfaq Younis
Ahmed, A. S. A. ., & Younis, N. M. . (2024). Assessment of Nurses Knowledge Regarding Blood Exchange Transfusion at Mosul Neonatal Care Units. Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion, 7(04), 2285–2288. https://doi.org/10.52845/CMRO/2024/7-4-11
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