Auditing of oxygen therapy nursing care in premature neonatal in NICU training centers of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences in 2012

Oxygen therapy is a supplying oxygen method by more saturation in einvironmaent for patients. Oxygen is used in the treatment of many imatured neonated so Oxygen is as a drug and should be considered as a drug. The aim of this study was to determine of auditing of oxygen therapy nursing care in premature neonatal in NICU training centers of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. In this crosssectional descriptive study، 400 case of oxygen therapy in neonatal intensive care unit of the hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences، were included in the study and their practice on oxygen therapy procedure was studied during 2012. Data were collected by a questionnaire for evaluateing demographic information and a questionnaire for oxygen therapy nursing care in premature neonatal in NICU by 2 approach in (hood and incubator). The researcher had been collected data of staff nurses before، during and after the oxygen therapy. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The performance before the oxygen therapy for nurses (%90) in hood and (%83/3) in incubator was at a low level. Also، the performance during oxygen therapy for nurses (84%) in hood and (53/3%) in Incubator was at a moderate level. The performance after the oxygen therapy for nurses (%99/2) in hood and (%99/6) in incubator was at a low level. In general، many mistakes occurred by staff nurses regarding oxygen therapy. Though the necessity of education for improves nurses skills in the field of Oxygen therapy must considered more than before.