Assessment Nursing Care in Neonatal Respiratory Distress

Objectives The study aims (1) ToAssess Nursing Care and (2) To Detect Association ofNursing Care (age, level of nursing education and nurses experience in the intensive care unit). Methodology A descriptive quantitative design is carried out at Intensive Care Unit in AL- Nasiriya City Hospitals include Bent Al-Huda Teaching Hospital, Muhammad AL-Mawsawi pediatric Hospital and Al-Hububi Teaching Hospital, the study period from 11rd of October 2016 to the 4th of April 2017. A non-probability (Purposive) of (100) nurses at intensive care unit to provide care for neonate with respiratory distress syndrome. To achieve the objective of the study the researcher has established the constructed questionnaire, which consists of two parts (1) sociodemographic data form that consist of 8-items (2) nursing care that consist of three domains. Reliability of this determined by using Cronbach reliability rate (0.81), also through a pilot study and the validity through a panel of (18) experts. The data were described statistically and analyzed through use of the descriptive and inferential statistical analysis procedures. Results The findings of the present study indicate that assessment nursing care in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome for nurses at intensive care unit, since their relative sufficiency (75 %) were under cutoff point (1.5), There is a significant relationship between quality of nursing care and demographic characteristics like (age, level of nursing education and nurses experience in the intensive care unit by P value less than 0.05. Recommendations The study recommended to provide Educational program for nurses toward nursing care of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and Providing updating booklets, pamphlets and boosters for nurses to upgrading their knowledge about neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.