Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices regarding to Fever Management of Neonates

Gouda, Shereen S.; Ouda, Wafaa El-Sayed; Adly, Randa Mohamed; Tantawy, Hayam R.

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2019.62563

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“…This may be due to that all nurses had misconceptions about fever and the hospitals did not provide them with needed supplies. This result was consistent with Gouda et al, (2019) who found that two thirds of studied nurses had incompetent level of practice. Also, this result was supported with Khalifa (2007) who reported that incorrect practices related to fever management was recorded.…”

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“…The findings of the present study showed that two thirds of nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge about fever in children. This finding agreed with Gouda et al, (2019) who conducted a study about "Nurses' knowledge and practices regarding to fever management of neonates". They indicated that the majority of nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge regarding to fever management of neonates.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The findings showed that there was highly statistically significant difference between nurses' knowledge and their educational levels. This result was consistent with Gouda et al, (2019) who showed that there was highly statistically significant difference between nurses' knowledge and educational levels. From the researchers point of view this can be interpreted as Bachelor nurses have scientific knowledge about physiology of fever and thermoregulation.…”

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Quality of Care Provided by Pediatric Nurses for the Management of Fever in Children

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Okby

Fayed

2021

Menoufia Nursing Journal

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Background: Fever is a common childhood health problem faced by health care personnel including doctors, nurses and others in both hospitals and community settings. Lack of knowledge and the presence of conflicting information regarding management of children having fever influences the quality of care and children's health. Purpose: To assess nurses' knowledge and practices regarding management of fever in children. setting: The study was conducted in Pediatric Medical Department and Pediatric intensive care unit in Menoufia University Hospital. Design: A descriptive research was utilized to conduct the study. Sample: All nurses (48 nurses) who were working in the previously mentioned settings were included in this study. Instruments: Two instruments were used. Instrument one was a structured interviewing questionnaire. Instrument two was nurses' clinical performance observational checklist. Results: Two thirds of nurses (64.4%) had unsatisfactory knowledge about fever. Also, all nurses had low level of practice regarding fever management. Conclusion: Nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and low level of practices regarding management of fever in children. Recommendation: The study recommended that there was a serious need for improvement of nurses' knowledge and practices in relation to fever management in children.

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Quality of Care Provided by Pediatric Nurses for the Management of Fever in Children

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Okby

Fayed

2021

Menoufia Nursing Journal

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“…Concerning years of experience, the results of study under hand incongruent with study that carried out by quantitative cross-sectional survey to investigate fever management practices among physicians and nurses in Hebron district, who found that majority of participant has experience above 15 Years with 28% (5) . The findings of the study not in the same line with study that conducted in Egypt (6) aimed to assess nurses' knowledge and practice regarding to fever management of neonates. Who found that majority of sample not participation in training course.…”

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Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Fever Management for Children at Babylon Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Pediatric at Al-Hilla City

Shahznan Hassan Badr,

Mohammed Talib Abed,

Haitham Ibrahim Faris

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Background: Fever is part of the body's normal reaction to inflammatory or immunological disorders and infections. Since health care providers (HCPs) and parents are still a source of great concern, attempts have been made to include guidance for their management worldwide. Objectives of the study: To evaluate of nurses' knowledge and attitudes concerning fever management for children. Methods of the study: a descriptive design study was carried out (November/2018-April/2019) at Babylon maternal and child teaching hospital on (100) nurses, a convenience non probability study sample, the validity of the questionnaire was accomplished through (8) experts. The researchers were collected the data by self-administration report. Data analyzed by using statistical package for the social science (SPSS). Results: the result show that the (49%) of the nurses are college and above graduate. Regarding marital status, (64%) were married. In addition, the years of experience for nurses were (47%) less than 5 years. Concerning Participating in any training course, the most of nurses (57%) were participating in the training courses, and most of sample (90%) are lived in urban area, overall all assessment of nurses knowledge are moderate. Conclusions: the study conclude that Early adulthood nurses who were graduate with a college degree and above, married, who live in urban areas, and had experience from 1-5 years .as well as, who participated in training courses regarding fever management.

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“…The care of patients with fever occupies a considerable amount of time for many nurses. But despite this extensive experience with fever, there are even healthcare professionals have misconceptions about the adverse effects of a fever and about when and how a fever should treat (Gouda et al, 2019). Fever can be a diagnostic challenge for health care professionals in patient at intensive care unit because it is often difficult to identify the cause (National Institute of Health, 2020).…”

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Nurses' Performance toward Patients with Fever at Intensive Care Unit: Recommended Guidelines

Abdelbadeea

Hassan²,

Marzouk³

2022

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Fever is a common problem in ICU patients; it is a medical condition when there is an uncontrolled rise in the body temperature, measured as above 37.5 degrees Celsius. Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess nurse's performance regarding patients with fever at intensive care units. Study design A descriptive exploratory design was used in this study. Setting intensive care units at Nasser General Hospital, affiliated to Ministry of Health. Study subject: A convenience subject of all available nurse's Tools: I Self -administration questionnaire, II nurses' practice observational checklist, III-Nurses' attitude rating scale. Results: revealed that the mean age of the studied nurses were 26.1±4.4, 62.9% of the studied nurse's had satisfactory level of knowledge, there was 75% of them had satisfactory level of practices and 55.7% of nurses under study had positive attitude toward patients with fever at intensive care units. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between attitude and their practices, there is a statistically negative correlation between knowledge and attitude of studied nurses regarding patient with fever at intensive care units. Conclusion: More than two thirds of the studied nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge, three quarter of them had satisfactory level of practices regarding patients with fever at intensive care units, and more than half of the studied nurses had positive attitude toward patients with fever at intensive care units. Also, there is high significant relation between nurses' knowledge, practice & their demographic characteristics. Recommendations: in service training program must be developed based on nurses' need assessment regarding care of patients with fever.

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Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices regarding to Fever Management of Neonates

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Quality of Care Provided by Pediatric Nurses for the Management of Fever in Children

Quality of Care Provided by Pediatric Nurses for the Management of Fever in Children

Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Fever Management for Children at Babylon Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Pediatric at Al-Hilla City

Nurses' Performance toward Patients with Fever at Intensive Care Unit: Recommended Guidelines

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