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Objective@#To investigate the status and relationship between anxiety and family need among parents of infants admitted to NICU, and examine the moderating effect of perceived nurse support on its relationships.@*Methods@#A convenience sample of 207 parents were selected from the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University during December 2017 to October 2018. To adopt the measurement of socio-demographic, Self-rating Anxiety scale (SAS), NICU-Family Need Iventory, (NICU-FNI) and Nurse Parent Support Tool (NPST) assessed the general information, anxiety, family need and perceived nurse support respectively.@*Results@#The score of SAS were (57.81±3.83). SAS was positively correlated with family need (r= 0.327, P< 0.01) and negatively correlated with perceived nurse support (r=-0.294, P<0.01). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that perceived nurse support could moderate the relationships between family need and anxiety (β=-0.154, △R2= 0.018, P=0.012).@*Conclusions@#Severity anxiety were occured in parents of infants admitted to NICU. The perceived nurse support could moderate the relationships between family need and anxiety. To reinforce perceived nurse support and enhance satisfaction of family need by intervention strategies could be an effective approach to improve psychological adjustment among parents of infants admitted to NICU.
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Objective To investigate the status and relationship between anxiety and family need among parents of infants admitted to NICU, and examine the moderating effect of perceived nurse support on its relationships. Methods A convenience sample of 207 parents were selected from the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University during December 2017 to October 2018. To adopt the measurement of socio-demographic, Self-rating Anxiety scale (SAS), NICU-Family Need Iventory, (NICU-FNI) and Nurse Parent Support Tool (NPST) assessed the general information, anxiety, family need and perceived nurse support respectively. Results The score of SAS were (57.81±3.83). SAS was positively correlated with family need (r=0.327,P<0.01) and negatively correlated with perceived nurse support (r=-0.294, P<0.01). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that perceived nurse support could moderate the relationships between family need and anxiety (β=-0.154,△R2=0.018,P=0.012). Conclusions Severity anxiety were occured in parents of infants admitted to NICU. The perceived nurse support could moderate the relationships between family need and anxiety. To reinforce perceived nurse support and enhance satisfaction of family need by intervention strategies could be an effective approach to improve psychological adjustment among parents of infants admitted to NICU.
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Objective In order to evaluate the effects of experiential learning in the training of new nurses in intensive care unit.Methods Seventy-nine new nurses enrolled from 2010 to 2012 were divided into the experimental group(41 nurses) and the control group(38 nurses).Each team experienced prework training for two months.The experimental group used experiential learning.The control group selected common practice.After training nurses were investigated by a self-designed questionnaire about their appraisal to experiential training and had a exam.Results The scores of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group.There were significant differences in social comfort and physical comfort between two groups.The experimental group had a higher approbation for experiential training.Conclusions Experiential learning contribute to make nurses master knowledge and technique,make them apply comfort nursing to patients.It is also favorable to increase specialized skills and quality of nurses and results in higher nursing quality for ICU patients.