Paredes S D, Frank D I
Children and Family Services, State of Florida, USA.
Clin Excell Nurse Pract. 2000 Sep;4(5):294-301.
This study compared parent and nurse perceptions of the nurse's roles regarding responsibilities toward infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also examined the attitudes of nurses and parents regarding the extent to which parents should participate in the care of their infants in the NICU, as well as the role of the advanced practice nurse (APN). The convenience sample of 25 parents of infants in the NICU and 35 nurses who cared for the infants was surveyed regarding perceptions of nurses and parents about nurse responsibilities and parent roles in the NICU. Results suggest parents and nurses have different perceptions about role expectations and that nurses perceive themselves to lack comfort and knowledge in providing support to parents. The findings support a role of the APN as fostering a nursing NICU philosophy to facilitate role transition for parents of infants in the NICU.
本研究比较了父母与护士对新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）中护士对婴儿责任的角色认知。研究还考察了护士和父母对于父母在NICU中应参与婴儿护理的程度的态度，以及高级执业护士（APN）的角色。针对NICU中25名婴儿的父母以及照顾这些婴儿的35名护士这一便利样本，就护士和父母对NICU中护士职责及父母角色的认知进行了调查。结果表明，父母和护士对角色期望存在不同认知，且护士认为自己在为父母提供支持方面缺乏舒适度和知识。研究结果支持了APN在培养NICU护理理念以促进NICU中婴儿父母角色转变方面的作用。
