NEONATAL NURSING STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR CAMBODIAN PEDIATRIC NURSES: USING DELPHI TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This descriptive study is aimed to develop the neonatal nursing standards of practice for Cambodia using Delphi technique. A total of 20 experts from pediatric field participated in round 1 and 19 experts in round 2 and 3 including 3 nursing directors, 6 nurse educators, 4 senior nurses, 3 neonatal physicians and 4 neonatal nurses who work in nursing school and hospitals from the United States of America. The data collection began in May 2016 and ended in February 2017. The questionnaire rounds 1-3 were developed by the researcher and the experts. Round 1 is a semi-open ended form questionnaire for experts to describe the neonatal nursing standards of practice for Cambodia. Content analysis was used to analyze data from round 1. Round 2 and 3 questionnaire used 5-Likert rating scale and median and interquartile range were used as the statistical tools for data analysis. The standard criteria of consensus on each item are median equal to or greater than 3.50, and interquartile range equal to or less than 1.50. The results presented that the Neonatal Nursing Standards of Practice for Cambodia (NNSPC) consists of 10 standards, 13 components, 107 items and 73 sub-items listed as follows. 1) Assessment consists of 3 components, 20 items, 47 sub-items. 2) Nursing Diagnosis consists of 2 components, 20 items. 3) Planning consists of 2 items. 4) Implementation consists of 8 components, 46 items, 19 sub-items. 5) Evaluation consists of 8 items. 6) Ethics consists of 2 items. 7) Evidence-Based Practice and Research consists of 5 items. 8) Health Teaching and Health Promotion consists of 2 items, 7 sub-items. 9) Continuing Education consists of 3 items. 10) Communication consists of 1 item.