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Abstract
The study aimed to monitor quality of nursing care provided to neonates suffering from neonatal jaundice. Research Design: A descriptive research design used to conduct. Setting: the study was conducted at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Ain Shams University Hospital and Mit Ghamer Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of fifty neonatal nurses and fifty neonates suffering from jaundice. Tools: data collection involved a structure interviewing questionnaire and observation check list: that adopted from (Ministry of Health, 2010). Results: the majority of the studied nurses had applicability of the standard care protocol of performed full assessment, phototherapy, history taking, lab investigation and monitoring neonate’s hydration status. The reasons for non-applicability of the standard were poor training, less of experiences, unawareness of the importance of standard care protocols and inappropriate work conditions. Conclusion: The current study concluded that more than half of the studied nurses had good level of knowledge and all of them had competent performance regarding applicability of the standard care protocol for neonatal jaundice. In addition, there is a hindering factor found for non-applicability of the standard care hindering for care of neonatal jaundice. Recommendation: based on results of the study, periodical check for nurses working at NICU for the applicability of the standard care for neonatal jaundice to reach the applicability, periodical educational program for nurses working at NICU is mandatory, for the purpose of raising and updating the knowledge of nurses regarding neonatal jaundice to reach the highest possible degree of competency and orientation programs for newly appointed nurses who work in the neonatal care units for the application of neonatal care standard.