Quantifying nursing care delivered in Kenyan newborn units: protocol for a cross-sectional direct observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In many African countries, including Kenya, a major barrier to achieving child survival goals is the slow decline in neonatal mortality that now represents 45% of the under-5 mortality. In newborn care, nurses are the primary caregivers in newborn settings and are essential in the delivery of safe and effective care. However, due to high patient workloads and limited resources, nurses may often consciously or unconsciously prioritise the care they provide resulting in some tasks being left undone or partially done (missed care). Missed care has been associated with poor patient outcomes in high-income countries. However, missed care, examined by direct observation, has not previously been the subject of research in low/middle-income countries.

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SUBMITTER: Gathara D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature