TY - JOUR
T1 - Newborn resuscitation practices among nurses and midwives in Ghana
AU - Dorcas Berko, Yvonne
AU - Dinam Badzi, Caroline
AU - Owusu Ampomah, Menford
AU - Laari, Luke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Background: Newborn resuscitation is critical for reducing mortality and morbidity among neonates with intrapartum complications such as birth asphyxia. Nurses and midwives are at the forefront of caring for newborns with birth asphyxia. Their behaviour, therefore, toward newborn resuscitation is critical to the newborn's survival. Purpose: The focus of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the performance of newborn resuscitation practices among nurses and midwives in the clinical setting. Design: and methods: A qualitative explorative, descriptive design was used with a purposive sampling technique to recruit a sample of Seventeen (17) nurses and midwives from two hospitals, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Face-to-face interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide were employed for data collection. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Findings: The findings showed that good knowledge and understanding of newborn resuscitation had a positive impact on the attitude and behaviour of nurses and midwives. Again, people of referents and the family, including culture and religion, had a great influence on the performance of newborn resuscitation. Conclusion: Factors such as lack of training, shortage of human and material resources, inadequate space, poor supervision, and monitoring were identified as direct and indirect barriers to newborn resuscitation performance among the nurses and midwives in the context of Ghana. Practice implications: We recommend stakeholders and policymakers institute regular training, inculcating family-centered care in training, monitoring, and provision of the necessary amenities needed for effective newborn resuscitation to help improve the nurse or midwife's behaviours towards their practice.
AB - Background: Newborn resuscitation is critical for reducing mortality and morbidity among neonates with intrapartum complications such as birth asphyxia. Nurses and midwives are at the forefront of caring for newborns with birth asphyxia. Their behaviour, therefore, toward newborn resuscitation is critical to the newborn's survival. Purpose: The focus of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the performance of newborn resuscitation practices among nurses and midwives in the clinical setting. Design: and methods: A qualitative explorative, descriptive design was used with a purposive sampling technique to recruit a sample of Seventeen (17) nurses and midwives from two hospitals, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Face-to-face interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide were employed for data collection. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Findings: The findings showed that good knowledge and understanding of newborn resuscitation had a positive impact on the attitude and behaviour of nurses and midwives. Again, people of referents and the family, including culture and religion, had a great influence on the performance of newborn resuscitation. Conclusion: Factors such as lack of training, shortage of human and material resources, inadequate space, poor supervision, and monitoring were identified as direct and indirect barriers to newborn resuscitation performance among the nurses and midwives in the context of Ghana. Practice implications: We recommend stakeholders and policymakers institute regular training, inculcating family-centered care in training, monitoring, and provision of the necessary amenities needed for effective newborn resuscitation to help improve the nurse or midwife's behaviours towards their practice.
KW - Attitude/behaviour
KW - Ghana
KW - Newborn
KW - Nurses and midwives
KW - Resuscitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196381061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jnn.2024.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jnn.2024.06.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85196381061
SN - 1355-1841
VL - 30
SP - 781
EP - 788
JO - Journal of Neonatal Nursing
JF - Journal of Neonatal Nursing
IS - 6
ER -