Implementing a comprehensive newborn monitoring chart: Barriers, enablers, and opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Documenting inpatient care is largely paper-based and it facilitates team communication and future care planning. However, studies show that nursing documentation remains suboptimal especially for newborns, necessitating introduction of standardised paper-based charts. We report on a process of implementing a comprehensive newborn monitoring chart and the perceptions of health workers in a network of hospitals in Kenya. The chart was launched virtually in July 2020 followed by learning meetings with nurses and the research team. This is a qualitative study involving document review, individual in-depth interviews with nurses and paediatricians and a focus group discussion with data clerks. The chart was co-designed by the research team and hospital staff then implemented using a trainer of

SUBMITTER: Muinga N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021603 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature