[01] Katrina Aguilar, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [02] Hamid Hussain, Consultant, Primary Health Care, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [03] Nezar Ahmed Salim, Education Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [04] Fouad Hussein Chehab, Director of Nursing, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Background: A fundamental Nursing skill in the care of preterm infants is positioning. Several positions encompass neonatal positioning. These are supine, prone, side lying, and head up tilted position. The Critically ill Neonate is a vulnerable population, which is dependent to the intensive care environment to support physiologic and neurobehavioral development. Purpose: This study is aimed to evaluate the Nurses’ Compliance in Positioning of Neonates admitted at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dubai Hospital, 2019 with the use of a Standardized Positioning Tool. Method: This is a cross sectional study carried out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dubai Hospital at Dubai Health Authority in the year 2019. A convenient, non-probability sample which consists of 81 nurses was used in the study. Data coding was made, data entry to SPSS 21 software has been carried out and data analysis using 95% level of significant tests with a P value <0.05. Chi-square test was be used to find the significant relationship between nominal variables. Descriptive statistics was used to find the mean, standard deviation and frequencies. Result: The study shows the staff compliance to the neonates’ position. 86.4% of the staff have an optimal compliance, 12.3% have an acceptable compliance and only 1.2% showed poor compliance. Chi-square test showed that there is no significant relationship between (Age, Level of education and Experience,) with staff performance. Conclusion and Recommendations: Compliance was more among the older staff with longer time of experience. They have the higher percentage of optimal compliance. On the other hand, the compliance was higher among other nationalities compared to Emirati nurses. This is because the majority of nurses are expiates compared to Emirati nurses. The level of education has no effect on staff compliance. More education and monitoring are required to achieve an excellent compliance among all NICU staff.

Neonatal Positioning, Nurses’ Compliance, Neonates, United Arab Emirates, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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