Status about cognition of NICU nurses to premature infant family requirement for health education and influencing factors / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of nurses' cognition to premature parents' health education demands,so as to provide reference for nursing leaders to take intervention.Methods 59 NICU nurses from two hospitals in Guangzhou and Shenzhen were chosen by convenience sampling.A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate.Results A total of 56 questionnaires was recovered,with a rate of 94.92％.NICU nurses perceived the degree of parents total education demands was (3.20±0.48) points.The demands of knowledge about diseases progress and related diagnosis and nursing were high,reaching (3.33±0.47) points.Breast feeding got the highest score,(3.53±0.69)points.Ed-ucation,professional ranks,post of nurses had no correlation with total score,but ages and length of service were negatively correlated with general demand,mental nursing and social support.Conclusions NICU nurses value premature parents' health education,and nursing leaders should take interventions to prevent occurrence of job burnout.