Nefale Funzani, Sepeng Nombulelo V, Ngunyulu Roinah
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health SA. 2023 Jan 12;28:1764. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v28i0.1764. eCollection 2023.
Registered nurses in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are working under stressful environment caused by the need and commitment to provide care for the critically ill neonates. Therefore, there is an imperative need to know and understand the work-related support strategies that can be adapted for registered nurses working in a NICU in the Tshwane District to enable them to provide quality care for the admitted neonates.
To explore and describe the work-related support needs of registered nurses working in a specific NICU situated in the Tshwane District.
The study was conducted in a selected NICU in Tshwane District.
A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and contextual design was used in this study. In-depth unstructured individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with nine registered nurses working at the selected NICU of an academic hospital. Thematic data analysis was conducted.
Three themes, namely teamwork between registered nurses and doctors, staff development in the form of peer seminars, workshops and in-service training, and availability of adequate resources within the workplace arose.
This study revealed that the registered nurses working in the NICU in the Tshwane District are in need of work-related support, as it will improve their well-being.
The contribution of this study will be used by the hospital management to plan strategies that can be adapted for the betterment of the work environment for registered nurses in the NICU and the hospital in general.
新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）的注册护士在为危重新生儿提供护理的需求和责任所导致的压力环境下工作。因此，迫切需要了解和理解可为茨瓦内地区NICU的注册护士采用的与工作相关的支持策略，以使他们能够为收治的新生儿提供优质护理。
探索并描述茨瓦内地区一家特定NICU的注册护士与工作相关的支持需求。
该研究在茨瓦内地区一家选定的NICU进行。
本研究采用定性、探索性、描述性和情境性设计。对一家学术医院选定NICU的9名注册护士进行了深入的非结构化个人面对面访谈。进行了主题数据分析。
出现了三个主题，即注册护士与医生之间的团队合作、以同行研讨会、工作坊和在职培训形式的员工发展，以及工作场所充足资源的可用性。
本研究表明，茨瓦内地区NICU的注册护士需要与工作相关的支持，因为这将改善他们的福祉。
本研究的贡献将被医院管理层用于制定可适应改善NICU及整个医院注册护士工作环境的策略。
