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Abstract
Trauma is a major cause of death and disability; Trauma has become a significant health and social
problem. Traumatized patients arriving with serious injuries involving multiple organs, they often
require extensive and complex nursing care (Hudak, Gallo, and Morton, 1998).
Aim of the study: To assess the factors that affect nurse’s performance in caring for trauma
patients. Material and subjects: Nurses; All nurses working in trauma unit (N=29). Patients;
patients admitted in trauma unit (N=100). Tools of data collection:- Questionnaire sheet,
performance chick list, observation chick list for environment and routine work, and patient’s
assessment sheet. Results: In the present study most nurses with in the age of 20<40 year, male,
married, had Diploma of nursing, and their experience ranged between I <5 years and 5<10 years
(75.9%, (mean ±SO 23.4 ± 5.82 respectively), 65.5%, 58.6 %, 89.7%, 37.9% respectively. Some nurses
absent from work related to problems such as transportation, and family obligation. Most of the
nurses are satisfied in the work but some of them are not satisfied due to problems, that
affected the knowledge and performance in the trauma unit such as lack of facilities, lack of
training programs, ...etc. These are considered the most important factors that reflected on the
quality of nursing care on the traumatized patients. Most patient with the age of 20<40years, male,
married, not educated and not received nursing intervention. The design (ph1ce) and facilities
arc not ideal according to standardized. Some of routine work were not done such as performing
triage system, written color code for system carry out patients from all health teams, and
standardized guide lines protocols. Recommendations and conclusions: In conclusion many factors
that effects nurses’ performance in Assiut university Hospital (human and non human) . Most of
these factors can be stored out with good cooperation between different personals of trauma team.
Encourage nurses to improve performance and up to date their knowledge through continuous nursing
education and training program.