TY  - JOUR
T1  - Knowledge Levels of Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses in Retinopathy of Prematurity and Affecting Factors
A1  - Alev Sivasli
A1  - Turkan Pasinlioglu
JF  - Journal of Integrative Nursing and Palliative Care
JO  - J Integr Nurs Palliat Care
SN  - 3006-5550
Y1  - 2023
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.51847/ZH7klj5Li4
SP  - 59
EP  - 68
N2  - This study aims to measure the role, awareness, and knowledge level of nurses working in the neonatal intensive care unit in terms of retinopathy of prematurity. The study was planned in a descriptive type and was carried out in the neonatal intensive care unit of 5 different hospitals. A total of 190 nurses constituted the population of the research, the study was completed with 139 nurses. Data were collected using the “Personal Information Form” and the “Retinopathy of Prematurity Information Form”. The nurses' knowledge about retinopathy of prematurity was found to be significantly lower. It was determined that gender affected the knowledge level of retinopathy of prematurity, and the knowledge level of male nurses was lower than that of female nurses. In order to prevent retinopathy, which is an important cause of blindness in premature infants, and to increase the level of knowledge of health care providers to a sufficient level, it was determined that the neonatal intensive care unit and premature baby care topics should be added to the nursing education curriculum and that premature baby care and retinopathy training should be continued regularly after graduation.
UR  - https://journalinpc.com/article/knowledge-levels-of-neonatal-intensive-care-nurses-in-retinopathy-of-prematurity-and-affecting-facto-a2ke2wmyvsd99us
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