Nursing Intervention provided To Infants with Congenital Hip Dislocation at Zagazig City

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1 B.Sc. Nursing

2 Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

3 Assist Prof of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

4 Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

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Background: Nursing care provided to infants with Congenital Hip Dislocation is particularly important. An infant with CHD usually requires long-term follow-up at the hospital until skeletal maturity is reached to normal hip development. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the Nursing intervention provided to infants with Congenital Hip Dislocation at Zagazig City, Egypt Subjects & Methods: Research Design: A descriptive study was used. Setting: The orthopedics department settings at: Zagazig University hospital, Zagazig general hospital and El-Ahrar hospital. Subjects: It included 50 infants and their mothers as well as 50 nurses provided direct nursing care for the infants. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used to collect the necessary data. Structured Questionnaire about infants' and nurses' characteristics and an observational checklist for nurses' performance to evaluate nursing intervention provided to the infants with CHD. Results: Results of the present study illustrated that 88% of studied nurses had satisfactory practice score regarding follow up of health status of the infant. Conclusion: There was a statistical significant relation between nurse's total practice score and their characteristics, Nursing care to infants with CHD by studied nurses was satisfactory. Recommendations: Included Educational programs should be provided about suitable nursing interventions for children with CHD.

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