Aim
The study aimed to revisit the roles of nurses working in the neonatal intensive care unit in a specific university hospital located in the Eastern Region to pursue Saudi Vision 2030—to provide excellent quality of life and well‐being for its national citizens.
Background
The neonatal intensive care unit is one of the most crucial hospital units caring for high‐risk neonates with conditions like pre‐ and post‐maturity and congenital anomalies. The nurses' experiences are vital to achieving the Saudi Vision 2030's Health Sector Transformation Strategy.
Methods
Descriptive Phenomenology. Data collection utilized semi‐structured individual interviews with sixteen (16) neonatal intensive care unit nurses for 10 months from March 2019 to January 2020. Colaizzi Method was used in data analysis, and the COREQ criteria list was utilized in data reporting.
Results
Three major themes emerged from the participants' narratives: (1) ‘mokadem alreayah alshamela’: holistic caregiver; (2) ‘muzawed malomat’: information provider; and (3) ‘yad almusaadah’: helping hand.
Conclusion
Revisiting the various roles will align neonatal intensive care unit nurses' critical characteristics towards Saudi Vision 2030, focusing solely on improving service providers' quality and safety principles and skills.
Implication for Nursing Management
Revisiting the roles of the neonatal intensive care unit nurses would provide an alignment to the goals and objectives of the future initiatives of Saudi Arabia towards its Vision 2030.
Findings provide direction for developing programming and collaborations to enhance the institutional climate for underrepresented nursing applicants. [J Nurs Educ. 2015;54(5):261-269.].
Background: Cat Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a significant complication that increases the mortality, morbidity, and length of stay for critically ill patient. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the critical care nurse’s knowledge of ICU delirium and the effectiveness of an educational program about the recognition and assessment of ICU delirium on critical care nurse’s knowledge. Methods: A quasi-experimental single group pre-test-post-test design was conducted using delirium knowledge assessment questionnaires. Results: The median post test score of overall nurses’ knowledge was 76.2 (range 19.1-95.2) compared to the median pre-test score of 38.1 (range 14.3 – 61.9) indicating a significant change in nurses’ knowledge after conducting the educational program (p<0.001). Conclusion: Critical care nurses’ knowledge of ICU delirium was low before the intervention and increased significantly after delivering an educational program..
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