Kadivar Maliheh, Mardani-Hamooleh Marjan, Kouhnavard Marjan, Sayarifard Azadeh
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Associate Professor, Nursing Care Research Center, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2021 Feb 16;14:4. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v14i4.5651. eCollection 2021.
Providing care for terminally ill neonates is an important issue in NICUs. This research aimed to determine nurses' attitudes toward providing care for terminally ill neonates and their families. A total of 138 nurses working in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences participated in this cross-sectional study via convenience sampling in 2019. The Data collection tool was the Frommelt attitudes toward caring for terminally ill persons and their families scale. The nurses in this study had the most positive attitudes toward the items "nursing care should include the family of the terminally ill patient, too" (4.2 ± 0.6) and "the care provider can prepare the patient or his/her family for death" (4.1 ± 0.7). The nurses had the least positive attitude toward the item "the time spent on caring for terminally ill patients creates a sense of frustration in me" (1.06 ± 1). The mean score of the attitudes of NICU nurses toward caring for terminally ill neonates and their families indicates the necessity of improving this attitude.
为绝症新生儿提供护理是新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）中的一个重要问题。本研究旨在确定护士对为绝症新生儿及其家庭提供护理的态度。2019年，共有138名在德黑兰医科大学附属新生儿重症监护病房工作的护士通过便利抽样参与了这项横断面研究。数据收集工具是弗罗梅尔特对绝症患者及其家庭护理的态度量表。本研究中的护士对“护理也应包括绝症患者的家人”（4.2±0.6）和“护理人员可以让患者或其家人为死亡做好准备”（4.1±0.7）这两项的态度最为积极。护士对“花在照顾绝症患者上的时间让我感到沮丧”（1.06±1）这一项的态度最不积极。新生儿重症监护病房护士对照顾绝症新生儿及其家庭的态度平均得分表明有必要改善这种态度。
