Mohammad Arshadi Bostanabad1, Mohammad Baqer Hosseini2, Hossein Namdar 3 Khodayar Oshvandi4, Narges Emami5
Nurses have various roles in different contexts, the most important of which is care which may be partially or completely missed or delayed during a shift. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the frequency of missed nursing care and its reasons from the viewpoint of nurses in the neonatal intensive care units of hospitals affiliated with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods:
In this descriptive-correlational study, all the nurses working in neonatal intensive care units of Al-Zahra, Children, and Taleghani Hospitals affiliated with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences with a minimum 6 months of work experience and a B.S. degree were surveyed. Data collection instruments included the Nurses’ Primary Care on Each Shift Questionnaire and the MISSCARE Survey. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 16.
Results:
In this study, 63.83% of the 94 nurses surveyed reported that they had partially or completely missed some cares during the previous shift. Mean number of missed cares on a shift was 3.78, the most important missed nursing care was parent psychological care program, and the reason for this was the intensity of the mentioned task. In this study, no statistically significant difference was observed between mean number of missed nursing cares on a shift and the nurses’ demographic variables and employment history (p>0.05).
Conclusion:
Nurses in neonatal intensive care units miss part of their duties or carry them out with delay on each shift. The most important reasons for missing or incomplete delivery of nursing care in neonatal intensive care units include the heavy work load, intensity of nursing, shortage of human force, and difficulty of using electronic devices for recording the care.
