Influence of nursing lack on burden of main caregivers among children hospitalized

Abstract

Objective To explore the influence of nursing lack of nurses at one children's hospital on burden of family members among children hospitalized so as to provide a theoretical basis for lowering the burden of main caregivers in children hospitalized. Methods From June 2018 to April 2019, we selected main caregivers of children hospitalized and responsible nurses at Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University as subjects by convenience sampling. The Miss Care Survey and Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) were used to investigate the nursing lack of nurses and burdens of family members. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the influence of nursing lack on burden of main caregivers in children hospitalized. A total of 150 questionnaires were sent out and 146 valid questionnaires were collected with 97.33% for the valid recovery rate. Results Among those 146 nurses, the score of the missed nursing care was (99.11±12.85) . A total of 146 nurses were divided into group of nursing lack (n=65) and group of non-nursing lack (n=81) by taking 96 as cutoff value. The scores of the missed nursing care of group of nursing lack and group of non-nursing lack were (92.97±11.37) and (102.31±14.72) respectively. The term scores of the reasons for missed care from low to high were the labor resources, material resources and communication. There were statistical differences in the total score of CBI and scores of time-dependence, developmental, physical, social burden of main caregivers between group of nursing lack and group of non-nursing lack (P 0.05) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that scores of time-dependence, developmental, physical, emotional and social burden had negative correlations with the total score of the miss care survey (P<0.05) . Conclusions The missed nursing care of nurses at Nanjing Children's Hospital is widespread. The missed nursing care has negative correlations with burden of main caregivers in children. Hospital managers should take measures to reduce the missed nursing care so as to lower the burden of main caregivers in children and contradictions between nurses and patients. Key words: Child, hospitalized; Nursing lack; Main caregivers; Burden