Background: Febrile seizures are benign neurological disorders in children under the age of five and often make parents distressed and frightened leading to a relevant reduction in the quality of care. Aim: This study aimed to examine the effect of bite-sized teaching sessions on parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding febrile seizures in children under five. Setting: The study was carried out over a period of six months from May to October 2021 in the Pediatric department at Governmental hospital, El Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The study adopts a quasi-experimental research design to perform this study on 80 parents of children with febrile seizures from the age of 6 months to 5 years old and selected by convenience sampling technique. Two tools were used for gathering data. First tool: A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet. The second tool: An observational checklist to evaluate the parents' practice for first-aid management of febrile convulsion. Results: Findings of the current study indicate statistically significant differences between pre and post-tests regarding parents' knowledge and care practices for children with febrile convulsion at 5% and 1% levels of statistical significance. Conclusion: There was a marked improvement in parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice post-implementation of the bitesized teaching program. Recommendation: Continuous bite-sized teaching sessions should be scheduled regularly for parents in the Pediatric Units to reinforce the quality of care and improve children's outcomes.
Background: Non-synostotic Plagiocephaly is acquired cranial asymmetry that has a significant impact on the cosmetic appearance of the infant's head and great concern to parents. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of conservative nursing interventions to mothers for prevention of Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly and its efficacy on their infants' motor development. Design: Quasi-experimental was utilized. Settings: This study was carried out at Ash-moon Health Office in El Menoufia Governorate. Sample: A purposive sample of 75 mothers & their infants who attended in Menoufia the previously mentioned setting from the period of January to December 2021. Tools: Data were collected using the three following tools: Tool one: Structured interviews questionnaire for mothers was used to assess mothers' knowledge about Non-synostotic Plagiocephaly. Tool two: Mothers' reported practices about prevention of Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly. Tool three: Clinical observation sheet for infants. Results: There were highly statistically significant differences improvement of mother's knowledge and reported practices mean scores about prevention of Non-synostotic Plagiocephaly in the post and follow-up tests p ˂ 0.001. There were significantly differences found in the mean scores of infants' motor development. Conclusion: The conservative nursing interventions had significant effect on improving mother's knowledge and reported practices regarding prevention of Non-synostotic Plagiocephaly & consequently on their infants' motor development. Recommendation: Awareness educational program should be applied on a regular base to develop the knowledge and practice of parents about the prevention of Non-synostotic Plagiocephaly among their infants.
Background: Elevated intracranial pressure is a potentially devastating complication of neurologic injury in children. Aim of the study: To examine the effects of educational nursing strategies on the management of increased intracranial pressure in children with neurological injury. Design: A quasi-experimental was used. Setting: The study was conducted in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units at Al-Nasr Specialized Children's Hospital and Al Salam Hospital in Port Said City. Subjects: A convenience sample of 40 nurses caring for children with increased intracranial pressure in the previously stated settings from the period from January to June 2021. Two tools were used for data collection, Tool I: Self-administered structured questionnaire consists of two parts to assess nurses' knowledge. Tool II: An observational checklist was used to assess nurses' practice. Results: There were statistically significant differences between pre and post-test concerning nurses, knowledge and practice of the regarding care of children with increased intracranial pressure at 1% and 5% of statistical significance. Conclusions: Implementation of a nursing educational program upgraded nurses' knowledge and practice of children with increased intracranial pressure. Recommendations: Continuous educational programs should be planned on a regular basis for nurses caring for children with increased intracranial pressure in order to improve their knowledge and practice to provide high-quality care.
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