Nurse' Knowledge toward Care & Management Blood Exchange of Newborn

Abstract

Background:  Most newborns develop some degree of hyperbilirubanemia, a normal physiological transition as they adjusted to life outside the womb. Nurses play a vital roles in providing care for newborns with neonatal elevated bilirubin, who are treated with exchange transfusions.

Objective Study: (1) Assess Nurse' knowledge toward care & management Blood Exchange of newborn at maternity and Pediatric Hospitals. (2) Find –out relationship between nurses of knowledge care and management and their demographic characteristics included (age, gender, level of education, worked at general hospitals for several years, years of experience in NICU, and number of training sessions about the care of newborn in the incubator and training session location).

Methodology: Design of a descriptive study in neonatal intensive care units in Maternity and pediatric Hospitals, from 15^th March 2025 up to the end  of 20th June 2025 in order to assess  Nurse' knowledge  toward  care & management Blood Exchange of newborn in neonatal intensive care units at  Al-Bint -Huda  & Al–Habbobe Teaching Pediatric Hospital.Non-probability (purposive) sampling of (50) nurse. In data collection of research   was used for which included of  three parts. The overall number of the items included in the questionnaire was (14) items. The first part included (7) items related to the demographic data of the nurses, the second part was concerned with Nurse’ knowledge toward care & management Blood Exchange of newborn which composed of (10) items. The third part was concerned with nurses' knowledge which composed of (24) items.

Results: The great number of sample (60%) were female,  the majority  were married, level of education for the most were nursing institute graduate, Moreover,  them had less than five years of experience in the NICU.   Concerning nurses' knowledge the finding of this result indicated that was acceptable concerning care of the newborn with blood exchange in NICU. The knowledge of nurses was significantly related to some general information for nurses.

Conclusion: The study shows that a large percentage was female of the sample, married, and nursing graduates. The nurses had less than five years of experience, with 72% having less than five years of experience in the NICU.  According to the study, there is a strong correlation between nurses' knowledge and factors such as their educational background, years of experience, and training sessions.

Recommendation: All new nurses should participate in an orientation program, and all nurses should participate in active, up-to-date educational activities and skill training, according to the study.