Researcher Abd Al Hameed Hassan Dardas, a student in the master’s program in Neonatal Nursing, has defended his thesis titled “Assessment of Nursing Health Care Provided for Preterm Neonates Complaining from Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Southern West Bank.”
This descriptive study was conducted in neonatal intensive care units in all hospitals in the southern West Bank, namely Hebron Governmental Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, Al-Mizan Hospital, Red Crescent Specialized Hospital for Children, Yatta Governmental Hospital, Caritas Hospital, Saint Joseph Hospital (French), and Beit Jala Governmental Hospital. The sample included all male and female nurses working in the intensive care units in hospitals in the southern West Bank.
The results of the study revealed that specialized training in cases of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome contributes to an acceptable extent to improving the performance of nurses in this field. Moreover, (88.0%) of nurses have a high level of awareness of the basic method of preventing infection in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between nurses’ knowledge regarding the care of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome in neonatal intensive care units according to the variables of gender, educational level, experience of training courses while working in the neonatal unit, and specialized training for premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome, and age. On the other hand, it was found that the performance of female nurses was significantly higher than that of male nurses regarding the care of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome in neonatal intensive care units. There were no statistically significant differences between the nurses’ performance due to educational level, experience of on-the-job training courses in the neonatal unit, specialized training for premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome, and age.
The researcher recommended the need for educational and training programs to improve the scientific knowledge and practice of male and female nurses about caring for premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome in neonatal intensive care departments in hospitals in the southern West Bank.
The thesis was supervised by Dr. Najwa Soboh. The committee of examiners included Dr. Ahmed Batran and Dr. Faida Qtait.