| Literature DB >> 35004444 |
Hyun Young Koo, Kyungmin Yi, Young Eun Gu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to design services for improving the quality of care of hospitalized children with acute diseases.Entities:
Keywords: Child, hospitalized; Nursing service, hospital; Quality of health care
Year: 2019 PMID: 35004444 PMCID: PMC8650980 DOI: 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.4.528
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Health Nurs Res ISSN: 2287-9110
General Characteristics of Participants (N=33)
| Variables | Characteristic | Categories | n (%) or M±SD | Min~Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers (n=23) | Age (year) | 36.91±5.37 | 22~45 | |
| Religion | Christianity | 2 (8.7) | ||
| Buddhism | 4 (17.4) | |||
| None | 17 (73.9) | |||
| Educational level | ≤High school | 7 (30.4) | ||
| ≥College | 16 (69.6) | |||
| Employment | Yes | 5 (21.7) | ||
| No | 18 (78.3) | |||
| Household income (10,000 won) | ≤200 | 3 (13.0) | ||
| 201~300 | 6 (26.1) | |||
| ≥301 | 14 (60.9) | |||
| Child's sex | Boy | 12 (52.2) | ||
| Girl | 11 (47.8) | |||
| Child's age (year) | 4.00±3.77 | 1~14 | ||
| Birth order of child | First | 13 (56.6) | ||
| Second | 7 (30.4) | |||
| ≥Third | 3 (13.0) | |||
| Child's diagnosis | Pneumonia | 6 (26.2) | ||
| Acute gastroenteritis | 5 (21.7) | |||
| Bronchitis | 4 (17.4) | |||
| Fever | 3 (13.0) | |||
| Others[ | 5 (21.7) | |||
| Child's history of hospitalization | Yes | 16 (69.6) | ||
| No | 7 (30.4) | |||
| Perceived symptoms of the child | Not severe | 7 (30.4) | ||
| Severe | 15 (65.3) | |||
| Very severe | 1 (4.3) | |||
| Nurses (n=7) | Age (year) | 37.71±9.43 | 27~50 | |
| Employment period (year) | 12.43±8.06 | 4~26 | ||
| Doctors (n=3) | Age (year) | 53.33±2.31 | 52~56 | |
| Employment period (year) | 25.00±2.00 | 23~27 |
Hand, foot, and mouth disease, stomatitis, urinary tract infection, urticaria.
Analysis of the Hospital Environment
| Environment | Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical environment | Comfort | Light | ∙ | Indirect illumination |
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| ∙ | Bright nurse's station | ||||
| Ventilation | ∙ | Closed window because of noise and mist/dust | |||
| ∙ | No air cleaner | ||||
| Noise | ∙ | Noisy traffic when the window is opened | |||
| Temperature | ∙ | Every room has a heater and an air conditioner | |||
| Safety | Furniture | ∙ | Furniture with rounded corners in nurse's stations, halls and hallways |
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| Safety management | ∙ | Upright bed rails | |||
| ∙ | Wet floors in bathrooms | ||||
| Emergency evacuation | ∙ | Emergency exit is shown in the wall | |||
| ∙ | Broad hallway | ||||
| Cleaning | ∙ | Dust on the floors | |||
| Accessibility | Movement routes | ∙ | Certain rooms are far from the nurse's station because of the U-shaped arrangement |
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| Sign system | ∙ | Sign system using arrows | |||
| Openness | Open space | ∙ | Closed rooftop garden because of safety | ||
| ∙ | Large lounges | ||||
| Eco-friendliness | View | ∙ | Views of traffic and apartments from the windows |
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| Flowerpots | ∙ | Artificial trees and flowers in the hallway and lounges | |||
| Psychological environment | Privacy | Private space | ∙ | No screens | |
| ∙ | No breastfeeding rooms | ||||
| Esthetics | Color | ∙ | White and bright primary colors |
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| Sculpture | ∙ | Cartoon wallpaper | |||
| ∙ | No toys in the treatment rooms | ||||
| Behavioral environment | Activity | Furniture arrangement | ∙ | Wide spaces |
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| Play zones | ∙ | Large lounges | |||
| ∙ | No toys | ||||
Figure 1.Definition of nursing service needs.
Solutions for Nursing Service Needs
| Need | Contents | Barriers | Solutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explanations about the treatment | Explaining the treatment and medication | ∙ | Health care providers' lack of recognition | ∙ | Improvement of health care providers' recognition: conferences and rewards |
| ∙ | Excessive work | ∙ | Evaluation of users' satisfaction with services and announcement of the results | ||
| ∙ | Burden of having a customer-facing role | ∙ | Development and use of educational materials about the treatment and medication | ||
| Information about facility use and cleaning | ∙ | Health care providers' lack of recognition | ∙ | Improvement of health care providers' recognition: conferences and rewards | |
| ∙ | Development and use of informational material about facility use | ||||
| ∙ | Notices about cleaning and sanitation | ||||
| Skillful nursing | Success fully performing intravenous injections | ∙ | Psychological burden | ∙ | Vein visualization: vein finder |
| ∙ | Individual differences in nursing skill | ||||
| ∙ | Cost | ||||
| Detection of changes in the child's condition | ∙ | Certain rooms are far from the nurse's station | ∙ | Extra visits to rooms far from the nurse's station | |
| ∙ | Use of a call bell system | ||||
| Harmony between nursing care and daily routine | ∙ | Health care providers' lack of recognition | ∙ | Coordinating nursing care with daily routine | |
| ∙ | Setting up treatment priorities | ∙ | Explaining about trying to set up treatment priorities | ||
| Environmental improvements | Ventilation | ∙ | Closed windows because of noise and mist/dust | ∙ | Air cleaner |
| ∙ | Cost | ||||
| Improvements in food, patient gowns, and bedclothes | ∙ | Cost | ∙ | Preparation of meals chosen by the patient | |
| ∙ | Change old patient gowns and bedclothes to new ones | ||||
| Safe facilities | ∙ | Health care providers' lack of recognition | ∙ | Evaluation of users' satisfaction with services and announcement of the results | |
| ∙ | Cost | ∙ | Anti-skid mats on the restroom and bathroom | ||
| ∙ | Bedpans for children | ||||
| ∙ | Nursing bottle sterilizer | ||||
| Being accessible to nurses | ∙ | Certain rooms are far from the nurse's station | ∙ | Extra visits to rooms far from the nurse's station | |
| ∙ | Use of a call bell system | ||||
| Privacy | ∙ | Accident risk | ∙ | Screen between beds | |
| Interesting device | ∙ | View of traffic and apartments from the windows | ∙ | Eco-friendly curtain design | |
| ∙ | The risk of infection | ∙ | Nurse's uniform design similar to the patient gown | ||
| ∙ | Additional manpower | ∙ | Toys in the treatment room | ||
| ∙ | Books for children, adolescents, and parents | ||||
| ∙ | Plastic toys and cleaning agents | ||||
| ∙ | Regular cleaning of toys | ||||
| ∙ | Additional manpower or volunteers | ||||
Figure 2.Guideline for improving the quality of care.