Abstract:
The research and development aimed to develop the guideline for preventing birth asphyxia (BA), based on The IOWA mode of Evidence-Based Practice to promote quality care. The study was conducted from October 2019 to November 2020 at Huatapan Hospital, Amnatcharoen Province. The guideline for preventing birth asphyxia (BA) was assessed for content validity by five experts. The purposive sampling method was used to select 8 registered nurses, 32 pregnant women who got Labor and birth at Huatapan Hospital. Data collection by use; 1) the guideline for prevention of Birth asphyxia (BA), 2) nurses practice evaluation,3)the evaluation of nurse's opinion toward the guideline for Prevention BA, and 4) the evaluation of the incidence rate of birth asphyxia. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The results revealed that the guideline for preventing birth asphyxia (BA) among pregnant women, Huatapan hospital, was developed from 21 pieces of evidence. The guideline for prevention of birth asphyxia (BA) consisted of four domains, 1) prevention care in the Admission labor room, 2) prevention care in the 1st stage of Labor, 3) prevention care in the 2nd stage of Labor, and 4) prevention in 3th of the stage of Labor. After launching this program, the BA rates of newborns atthe 1st minute, and the 5th minutes decreased from 62.5 per 1,000 live births to 16.94 per 1,000 live births. All subjects' opinions strongly agreed that the guideline for preventing BA has the feasibility to implement, distinctly, and applicable to use in the nursing care unit to solve the service problem. Even there was a low-cost process.However, one of eight subjects reflects that it has a long time spent this process according to this guideline for preventing BA. The finding confirmed that this developed guideline for preventing BA has a feasibility to use. This procedure should be proposed to an administrator to consider for applicationin the quality development process to prevent BA among newborns.