Abstract
Background: Specialist ambulatory care Nursing is a complicated, diverse profession that includes solitary and group practice. Young children who experience febrile seizures, often known as fits or convulsions, are affected by fever. Aim: It aimed to assess ambulatory nursing care for young children suffering from febrile convulsions. Design: Descriptive research design is used. Sample: A convenient sample for all ambulatory nurses they were 100 nurses. Setting: Study conducted at all outpatient clinics at Central Children's Hospital, Al-zahrawi ( Ibn Al-Baladi.) Teaching hospital and Welfare children teaching hospital Two tools: 1st Structural interviewing questionnaire composed of two parts (demographic characteristics, ambulatory nurse knowledge about febrile convulsions), second tool: observation checklist of ambulatory nurse practice. Results: Regarding ambulatory nurses' knowledge about Febrile Convulsions, 65% of nurses have satisfactory knowledge, 35% of them have unsatisfactory knowledge regarding febrile convulsions, Also, 70% of nurses done practice, and 25.0% of them not done practice and 5% of them do not know regarding measurement young children body temperature under axillary, While, 65% of nurses done practice, and 20.0% of them not done practice and 15% of them do not know regarding the right way to make tap compresses and 70.0% of nurses done practice, and 20.0% of them not done practice and 10% of them do not know regarding the right way to give oxygen therapy. Conclusion: there was a positive relation between nurses' total knowledge and total practice regarding the right way to measure body temperature, the measurement of young children's temperature under axillary, and the right way to give oxygen therapy with statistical significance difference between nurses' knowledge and practice regarding febrile convulsions (p< 0.001). Recommendations: Continuous health education and training programs for the nurses about febrile convulsions.
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