Health Care : Current Reviews

Expand the immediate clinical postnatal knowledge of internship nurses at Womenâ??s Health Hospital

4^th Global Summit on Healthcare

November 09-10, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Howieda Fouly

Assiut University, Egypt

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Abstract:

Aim: This study was conducted to expand the clinical postnatal knowledge of internship nurses at Womenâ??s Health Hospital in Assiut University, Egypt. Methodology: The study design was a prospective, quasi-experimental pretestâ??posttest design. Findings of the study indicate that majority of internship nurses 68.9% had an average level of knowledge (satisfactory), 27.0% had poor level of knowledge and 4.1% had good level of knowledge regarding immediate postnatal care. Conclusion: The training program used in this study was effective in increasing the postnatal knowledge among internship nurses which evidenced by higher mean score in both immediate and later post-test instead of little drop in retention of knowledge at 1-month follow up but its score reflected a higher knowledge than before. The application of training programs supported with clinical intervention and fellow-up for all internship nurses itâ??s highly recommended to achieve a better health care in postnatal and other specialties.

Biography :

Howieda Fouly is a PhD candidate of Maternity in Obstetrics & Gynecology of Nursing, at School of Nursing, UPENN, USA and Nursing College at Assiut University in Egypt.

Email: hoida.elfouly@aun.edu.eg