[The knowledge of nurses' aides of the care given to the premature newborn infant].
The objective of this study is to verify the knowledge nursing aides, working nights in premature nurseries have of physical characteristics of premature newborns and on some procedures done to them, either experiencing complications or not. The population of this study was of 33 nursing aids of 12 hospitals of Grande São Paulo. The data were obtained, through interview using a structured form. Eclectic criteria was used to evaluate the knowledge of the nursing aids, and classified in the categories of "very good", "good", "regular", and "poor". Through the data obtained, we verified that the nursing aids have knowledge classified as "good" in relation to physical characteristics of the premature newborn and also to the nursing care give to them, when not experiencing complications.
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D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Conhecimento da atendente de enfermagem sobre alguns cuidados prestados ao recém-nascido prematuro.