ديدگاه مادران و پرستاران در خصوص اهميت و ميزان حمايت هاي پرستاري از والدين داراي نوزاد نارس بستري در بخش مراقبت ويژه نوزادان

Mothers and nurses viewpoint about importance and rate of nursing supports for parents with hospitalized premature newborn in natal

Aims: Premature born prone infant in front of many problems. So, nursing support from family of these infants is necessary. This study was to compare mothers and nurses viewpoint about importance and perceived nursing supports for parents with hospitalized premature newborn in NICU. Methods: This study is comparative descriptive. The study population consisted of mothers with hospitalized premature newborn in NICU (n=300) and nurses of three training treatment centers of Tabriz (n=32) during the first 6 months of 2007. Sampling method was census and data were collected by using "Nurse-Parent Support Tool" (NPST) questionnaire. The validity of scale was determined with content and translation and reliability of scale was determined with Cronbach alpha. Results: Man-Whitney test showed that there was a significant difference between four dimensions of nursing support from viewpoint of nurses and mothers. The most important provided supports from viewpoint of nurses were "quality of care" and "emotional" dimensions and from viewpoint of mothers were "quality of care" and "informational-communicational" dimensions. Conclusion: Mothers want higher supports than they receive. Therefore, it seems necessary to plan for promoting family centered care for parents in neonatal intensive care unit.