Enhancement of Nurses Performance Regarding Physiotherapeutic Techniques Provided to the Bed Ridden Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Nga, Abeer Elsaid Mahmoud; Bahgat, Rahma Soliman; EL-Sayed, Ebtisam Mohmmad; Muhammad, Khaled , Talaat; Elasmey, Mohammad Mohammad

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2014.203088

Enhancement of Nurses Performance Regarding Physiotherapeutic Techniques Provided to the Bed Ridden Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ M.Sc Pediatrics Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

² Prof. of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

³ Prof. of Pediatrics Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

⁴ Prof. of Pediatrics Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University

⁵ Assist. Prof. of Pediatrics Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University

10.21608/tsnj.2014.203088

Abstract

Physiotherapy in pediatric intensive care units aims to p revent or minimize the effects of altered mucociliay clearance on pulmonary function and p revention of dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system for bedridden children. Physiotherapy is therefore concerned with the prevention of secondary complications due to immobilization, surgery, intubations. The ' nurse must be knowledgeable about how mobility and immobility affect the body systems and the p sychosocial and developmental aspects of p atients. Aims of the study: to assess nurses' knowledge regarding p hysiotherapeutic techniques for the bed ridden children and evaluate the effect of the educational training program on the nurses performance regarding physiotherapeutic techniques for bed ridden children in the intensive care units at Tanta and Mansoura University children Hospital. Materials and Method: Sixty nurses working at intensive care units with bed ridden children who had respiratory and musculoskeletal p roblem. Two tools were used; A questionnaire sheet and observational checklist. Results indicated that there was lack in knowledge of nurses about physiotherapeutic techniques as well as lack in practice which included chest physiotherapy and range of motion for bed ridden children in intensive care units. Conclusion: The training program is effective in increasing nurses' knowledge and p ractices in implementation physiotherapeutic techniques for bedridden children .There was a significant positive relation between p re-program nurses' knowledge and practices about physiotherapy, immediately and after implementation of the p rogram of three months