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- Title
Investigate Nurses' Knowledge about Preeclamptic Patients' Care in a Tertiary Care Centre in Romania.
- Authors
SOGGIU-DUTA, Carmen Liliana; POPOVICI, Diana; CRAUCIUC, Eduard; CRAUCIUC, Dragos; SUCIU, Nicolae
- Abstract
Aim: The present study aimed to investigate nurses' knowledge about the care provided to pre-eclamptic patients in a tertiary care centre in Romania. Study design: A cross sectional study. Setting: This study was conducted in Polizu Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bucharest, Romania, from early January 2019 to the end of February 2019. Subjects: Sixty five nurses working at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. Data analysis: Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire and they were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 and Microsoft Office Excel/Word 2013. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection. Tool I: Assessment sheet to collect data regarding nurses' general characteristics; and Tool II: A questionnaire to evaluate nurses' knowledge and practices regarding the management of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. Results: About 73.8% of nurses confirmed that they participated in educational programs in the obstetrics field; 10.8% of them confirmed that they participated in training programs for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, 47.7% gave the right answer when they were asked to correctly identify the definition of eclampsia, 78.5% were based on the related up-to-date liteanswered correctly to the proper identification of proteinuria in pregnancy definition, only 9.2% gave the right answer when asked to properly identify chronic hypertension, 40% chose the right answer when asked to correctly identify gestation ages for antenatal use of corticosteroids to improve neonatal result, and 70.8% answered correctly to the proper identification of the best anticonvulsant for severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. Conclusion: Continuous professional development is critical in nurses' work in both theory and clinical practice. Unfortunately, this study identified wide gaps in the knowledge of nurses about pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, including their assessment, diagnosis and management. This is a major concern as globally, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia result in 70 000 maternal deaths annually. Recommendations: Improving nurse's awareness regarding nursing knowledge and practices through educational programs aimed to encourage them to use best evidence-based practices in their daily practice and reducing maternal and child mortality by pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Romania.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; BUCHAREST (Romania); TERTIARY care; NURSES; MATERNITY nursing; CAREER development; CHILD mortality; GESTATIONAL age
- Publication
Maedica - a Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 3, p227
- ISSN
1841-9038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26574/maedica.2019.14.3.227