Assessment of educational performance of nurses in neonatal intensive care unit from parents’ perspective
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1 NICU, Mofid Hospital, Shahid Beheshri University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department Public of Health, Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
4 Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
5 Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Neonatal Health Research Center, Research Institute for Children’s Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6 Ph.D. Candidate. Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
7 Department of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
8 Department of Medical Emergencies, School of Paramedical, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION: One of the key elements in family‑centered care is educating parents withhospitalized infant at intensive care unit. Education is a fundamental role of nursing at intensivecare units to satisfy parents and accelerate disease progression that eventually reduces hospitalre‑admission.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross‑sectional study conducted in 2018, and the studypopulation was admitted infants (n = 90) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Shahid BeheshtiUniversity of Medical Sciences hospitals. We used a questionnaire including sociodemographiccharacteristics and performance of nurses in educating parents. Nurses’ performance was assessedin five major areas composed of family‑centered care, delivering cares according to individualizedneeds, education on equipment, basic needs of infants, and finally, nutritional education. All statisticalanalyses were conducted using SPSS version 22. The data were analyzed using t‑test, ANOVA,and nonparametric tests.RESULTS: Findings from the current study indicated that nurses performed their educational roleweakly (37% of standard level). We also found that nurses who participated in neonatal educationalcourses had better performance compared to their counterparts. The results showed that year ofexperiences working as a clinical nurse was significantly associated (P < 0.05) with performingstandard education.CONCLUSION: Our findings indicated that nurses performed their educational role weakly whichmight be due to staff shortage, heavy workload, and lack of time for educating parents. Therefore,it is necessary to improve the quality of education among nurses working at the NICUs and providethe necessary standards and indicators to evaluate this important task.
