Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses
Purpose: To investigate the perception and barriers of Kangaroo-Mother Care (KMC) among nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Methods: Participants were 131 nurses working in NICU who completed self-report questionnaires which included information regarding perception, barriers, and practi...
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| description | Purpose: To investigate the perception and barriers of Kangaroo-Mother Care (KMC) among nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Methods: Participants were 131 nurses working in NICU who completed self-report questionnaires which included information regarding perception, barriers, and practice of KMC. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: Of the participants, 33.6% reported the practice of KMC in their NICU, with 75.6% wanting to receive training in KMC and 31.3% having received KMC education. Most of the participants agreed that KMC enhances attachment, parental confidence, and effective breast feeding but they reported a negative perception in providing KMC for premature infants weighing less than 1,000 grams or intubated premature infants. Major barriers to practicing KMC were safety of infants, possible work overload for nurses, as well as absence of consistent guidelines. Barriers to KMC among nurses who received the KMC training were lower than nurses who did not receive the KMC training (t=-2.11, p=.037). Conclusion: Education program and standardized clinical practice protocol should be developed to foster the positive perception and to reduce nurse barriers to KMC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d7773363c084d5ca55dbef7e0477a042022-12-21T23:28:19ZengKorean Academy of Child Health NursingChild Health Nursing Research2287-91102287-91292016-10-0122429930810.4094/chnr.2016.22.4.2991508Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NursesSun Kyung Jeong0Tae-Im Kim1Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, KoreaPurpose: To investigate the perception and barriers of Kangaroo-Mother Care (KMC) among nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Methods: Participants were 131 nurses working in NICU who completed self-report questionnaires which included information regarding perception, barriers, and practice of KMC. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: Of the participants, 33.6% reported the practice of KMC in their NICU, with 75.6% wanting to receive training in KMC and 31.3% having received KMC education. Most of the participants agreed that KMC enhances attachment, parental confidence, and effective breast feeding but they reported a negative perception in providing KMC for premature infants weighing less than 1,000 grams or intubated premature infants. Major barriers to practicing KMC were safety of infants, possible work overload for nurses, as well as absence of consistent guidelines. Barriers to KMC among nurses who received the KMC training were lower than nurses who did not receive the KMC training (t=-2.11, p=.037). Conclusion: Education program and standardized clinical practice protocol should be developed to foster the positive perception and to reduce nurse barriers to KMC.http://www.e-chnr.org/upload/pdf/chnr-22-4-299.pdfKangaroo-Mother CareIntensive care unitNeonatalNursesPerception |
| spellingShingle | Sun Kyung Jeong Tae-Im Kim Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses Child Health Nursing Research Kangaroo-Mother Care Intensive care unit Neonatal Nurses Perception |
| title | Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses |
| title_full | Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses |
| title_fullStr | Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses |
| title_short | Perception and Barriers to Kangaroo-Mother Care Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses |
| title_sort | perception and barriers to kangaroo mother care among neonatal intensive care unit nurses |
| topic | Kangaroo-Mother Care Intensive care unit Neonatal Nurses Perception |
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