Nurses' Knowledge versus Their Performance in Caring for Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abstract

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) is the most common neonatal emergency and the main cause of admission to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It is an acute lung disease that results from surfactant deficiency correlating with structural and functional lung immaturity. Assessment of the knowledge and close observation for the performance should be done for improving the neonatal nurses' quality of care during the care of neonates with RDS. Aim of the study was to assess nurses' knowledge versus their performance in caring for neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)