Azar Aran, Farokh Abazari, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi,
Volume 24, Issue 1 (5-2018)
Abstract
Background & Aim: Family-centered care is a concept for describing the approach to caring for children and their families in health services and its main element is the involvement of parents in child care. This study aimed to compare the perception of family-centered care from the perspectives of nursing staff and mothers of hospitalized children in children’s wards.
Methods & Materials: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted on 82 mothers of hospitalized children and 60 nurses working in children’s wards of Afzalipour hospital in Kerman in 2017. In this study, a questionnaire on the family-centered care perception from the perspectives of nurses and mothers was used for data collection. Data were analyzed through SPSS software version 20 using t test, analysis of variance and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results: Average scores for the perception of family-centered care from the perspective of nurses (3.17±0.79) and of the mothers (2.47±0.85) had significant differences between the two groups (P<0.001). In two groups, the highest average was related to the area of cooperation and the lowest average was related to the support area.
Conclusion: Findings showed nurses’ and mothers’ perceptions of family-centered care were positive but nurses have significantly more positive perception than mothers. This can be promising and nursing staff are required to be diligent about mothers’ participation in care so that the child receives better care.
Rahimmeh Khajooee, Behnaz Bagherian, Mahlagha Dehghan, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi,
Volume 25, Issue 1 (5-2019)
Abstract
Background & Aim: Nursing care is an essential part of health care services. Missed nursing care is a new concept referring to any aspect of care, that is omitted or delayed. The present study aimed to assess missed nursing care and its related factors from the viewpoints of nurses working in the hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2017.
Methods & Materials: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, 300 nurses participated. Two questionnaires on missed nursing care, and its related factors were used for data collection. Data were analyzed through the SPSS software version 20 using descriptive indices.
Results: The mean score of missed nursing care was 32.28±7.41, which was lower than the median (range) of the questionnaire. The highest mean score of missed nursing care and its related factor, respectively were “attending the interprofessional patient care conferences” and “the volume of activities related to patients’ admission and discharge”.
Conclusion: The level of missed nursing care was lower than the median in the present study, which can be lowered by proper management. In addition, by decreasing nurses’ workload, missed nursing care related factors can be reduced.
