Determination of Quality Nursing Follow-up toward Child’s with Burns Injuries in Baghdad City Hospitals

Abstract

Objectives: To determine of the quality follow-up care provided by nurses for children with burns in burn
units and centers at Baghdad City Hospitals and to identify of the relationship between nurse’s demographic
characteristics like (gender, age, years of experience, monthly income, place of training sessions, course
of training in burns, level of education) and their follow-up of burns care provided to children with burns
injuries. Methodology: A descriptive study design has been conducted in burns centers and burns units
at the Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City from the January 14th of 2018 up to the 17th of May 2018.A
purposive non probability sample of (70) nurses were selected from burns centers and units . and they have
at least one year of experience in burn centers. The questionnaire is consisted of two parts , the first part
is concerning with nurse’s demographic characteristics (7) items, while the second part is dealing with
nurses’ practices (follow-up care) and composed of (27) items about nurses’ practices of child’s with burns
at burn centers and units. Select the stability of the questionnaire during and select the pilot study through a
group of 13 experts. Been described and data analyzed through using of 2 statistical approaches: descriptive
statistical analysis and inferential statistical analysis. Results: The study revealed 12;(17.1%) of the sample
has acceptable practices 58; (82.9%) of them has poor practices and good 0;(0.0%) of the sample has good
practices about follow-up care for child’s with burns at burn centers and units. Moreover, the findings reflects
that no significant relationship between nurse’s practices and their demographic characteristics. However,
significant relationship is found between their practices there is a significant relationship between training
sessions of education and their practices.