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Nurses' fatigue in neonatal intensive care units and premature infants' readmissions
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E Dashti   , M Rassouli * , L Khanali Mojen , A Pour hoseingholi , A Shirinabady Farahani , F Sarvi |
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| Introduction: Nowadays nurses experience high levels of fatigue that has created considerable impairment in their performance. Nurses fatigue seriously affects at nurses' ability for caring their patients and can lead to outcomes such as hospital readmissions. This study aimed to determine the nurses' fatigue in neonatal intensive care units and its association with premature infants' readmissions In Hospitals affiliated shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1392.
Method: This descriptive correlational study conducted in neonatal intensive care units in hospitals shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was conducted on nurses and neonates by census and convenience method respectively. Nurses` data were collected by using demographic characteristics questionnaire and nurses' fatigue scale. Neonates` hospital readmission was followed up by a phone call to parents one month after discharge.
Results: In the independent t-test, Mean fatigue score of Nurses for babies who were hospitalized again (61.71 ± 5.67) was higher than babies without readmission (59.44 ± 4.69) significantly (P=0.001). In logistic regression model there was a statistically significant association between nurses' fatigue and preterm infants' hospital readmission so that for each point increase in the mean fatigue score of nurses, 9.3 percent increased chance of infants' hospital readmission (OR 1.093, 95% CI 1.036 to 1.152, P=0.001).
Conclusion: Increasing fatigue of nurses, who are caring for premature infants in the NICU, will increase chance of neonate's readmission after discharge. Considering nurses` fatigue and its management in the NICU, can reduce the emotional and financial consequences of premature neonates` readmissions. |
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| Keywords: Readmission, premature infants, fatigue, nurse |
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Type of Study: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2015/06/9 | Published: 2015/06/15
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