Quality of Routine Care for Newborns in Postnatal Wards in Public Hospitals of Omdurman locality, (August -December 2014)

Abstract

Abstract

Background:

Almost two-thirds of infant deaths occur in the first month of life, among those, more than two-

thirds die in their first week and among those, two thirds die in their first 24 hours after birth

Improvement in the survival of the newborn is dependent on healthcare that spans antenatal, intranatal and

postnatal periods, i.e. interventions directed to mothers during pregnancy; labour and delivery have a profound

impact on newborn survival especially during the first week of life.

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Objective :

This study was conducted

in public hospitals of Omdurman locality to evaluate quality of routine nursing care for newborns in postnatal

wards in public hospitals of Omdurman locality during August to December 2014 .

Materials & methods:

This

cross sectional descriptive hospital based study

among

registered nurses/ midwives. They were interviewed and observed in health

institutions while

caring

the mother and newborn prior to discharge regarding the

daily care of newborns. Direct personal interviews questionnaires were used to

collect data from participant at their respective places of work.

The data was

analyzed using SPSS program Version 15.0.

Results:

The study showed that the nurse/midwives had good knowledge (21.4%),

(6.0%) had fair knowledge and (72.6%) had poor knowledge regarding the care of

newborn. The mean practice regarding the daily care of the newborns was only found

33% which indicates poor practices.

The resources available used were (33.3 %) available not used were (12.5%) and not

available were (57.1%.)

Regarding mothers satisfaction with daily care provided for their newborns in

postnatal ward, only (2.6%) were fully satisfied, (13.3%) were satisfied, (40.9%) were

poorly satisfied and (43.2%) were not satisfied.

Conclusion:

It can be concluded that only (21.4%)of nurses/ midwives had good

knowledge which consider poor knowledge and poor practice (33%) on daily care of

newborns in postnatal wards.