Professional nurses’ perceptions of skills required for performing preterm infants’ follow-up assessments
Abstract
Improved perinatal and neonatal care enhances preterm infant
survival rates, but the adverse outcomes remain high.
Nurses play vitally important roles regarding the follow-up
assessments, treatment, and care of preterm infants. This
explorative, descriptive study aimed to describe nurses’
perceptions of skills required to perform effective preterm
infant assessments. Thirteen semistructured interviews
were conducted. Identified themes included the role of the
professional nurse, the importance of preterm infant assessments,
lack of skills and knowledge to conduct quality
assessments, formal and continuous development training
needs, the absence of assessment tools and physical resources
to perform standardized assessments of preterm
infants, and the required support and referral systems
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