Perspective of Pediatric Nurses about Missed Nursing Care and Related Factors

Pediatric nursing care is different from adult nursing care because nurses are responsible for caring for children in a wide range of development and must also care for the sick child's family, so the occurrence of lost care in the department Children can have profound effects.The present study aims to determine the views of pediatric nurses about missed nursing care and factors related to it was conducted in Yazd hospitals in 1401.

The present descriptive-cross-sectional study was carried out on 80 nurses by counting all method. Data were collected through demographic questionnaire  and  missed nursing care questionnaire(factors related and types of) (.Data analysis was done by descriptive statistics (mean -standard deviation - frequency) using SPSS software version 23.

The highest amount of missed care in terms of the three points above was respectively related to "oral care" with an average of 3.44+ 1.29,"change position every 2 hours or according to the order with an average of 3.37 ± 1.15 and evaluating the effectiveness of drugs with the average is 3.28 ± 19/1.The investigation of the causes of missed care in three areas showed that in the area of work resources, "insufficient number of nurses" with an average of 3.5± 0.67, the area of communication "incomplete delivery of the previous shift or sent unit" with an average of 3.77±0.48  and the area of resources material "unavailability of drugs when needed" with an average of 3.79 ± 0.47were the three main reasons.

It seems necessary that nursing managers  plan interventions regarding the importance of paying attention to oral care, using standard shift delivery checklists and managing the supply and distribution of children's medicine to take a step towards reducing the missed nursing care.