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Evaluation Nurses' Practices toward Application of Apgar Scores for Newly Born Baby at Delivery Room in Baghdad City | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-42 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Eqbal Ghanim Ma; Suad Hassoon Khudhair | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: The study title evaluate nurses’ practices toward application of Apgar scores for newly born baby at delivery room in Baghdad city for the purposes of finding the relationship between the nurses' practices and their demographic characteristics. A descriptive study was carried out in teaching and non teaching hospitals (Al-Numan General Hospital, Al-aluwa Delivery Hospital in Baghdad City from the 10th September 2012 to 10th January 2013. A purposive (non probability) sample of (20) nurses who are working in the delivery room in these hospital. The data was collected through using constructed questionnaire which comprises (25) items add filled by using interview technique. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined through a pilot study and validity through a panel of experts. The data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistic that including frequency, percentage, and the application of inferential statistical procedures, which include Pearson correlation coefficient, mean of score, standard deviation and chi-square. The finding of the study there was no statistical significance differences between the nurses' practices and their demographic characteristics espial educational level, years of experience in the delivery room, years of employment in the nursing, and the finding of the study was indicated that the nurses have poor practices about application of Apgar scores for newly born baby at delivery room. The study recommended that nurses 'practices should be improved toward application of Apgar scores for newly born infant at delivery room throughout establishment of educational program. Key wards: Evaluation, Nurses' Practices, Apgar scores. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key wards; Nurses; Apgar scores | ||
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