Holistic care is the evaluation of the physical and mental states of individuals. Considering the importance of spirituality in healthcare and its pivotal role as the first step toward providing spiritual care, this study was conducted to determine the perception of Iranian nurses towards spirituality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods: This study was conducted on nine participan...

OBJECTIVES Bibliographic review on occupational stress and burnout presence in physicians and nurses that work in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. METHODS The articles were selected from the MedLine, LILACS and SciElo data base using the key words: stress, burnout, physicians, nursing, intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit. The studied...

Preterm birth interrupts the precise process of fetal maturation, forcing critical neurologic growth to continue within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Concern for the impact of the NICU experience on the developing brain led to a unit-based Quality Improvement (QI) project to promote best outcomes for our graduates. The objective was to implement a standard of care for neonatal neurop...

OBJECTIVE To identify satisfaction with neonatal intensive care as viewed by parents and healthcare professionals and to explore similarities and differences between parents and healthcare professionals. STUDY DESIGN A 3-round Delphi method to identify neonatal care issues (round 1) and to determine the importance of these issues (rounds 2 and 3) was conducted among nurses (n = 84) and physic...

Objective: to describe the challenges and strategies for implementation of Family-centered Care in the in the care of newborns hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study conducted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital. Fourteen nurses were interviewed. We used the technique of thematic content analysis. Results the main ...

introduction: nowadays, it has been known that individuals handle coping strategies when faced with stressful events. these strategies play an important role in individuals. nurses are exposed to high  stress, which directly affects their job satisfaction and the quality of their services. therefore, the present study tried to investigate the effect of yoga on stress coping strategies among nur...

background: nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in nicus of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

how to cite this article: rafiey h, soleimani f, torkzahrani sh, salavati m, nasiri m. scale development and psychometrics for parents’ satisfaction with developmental care in neonatal intensive care unit. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):16-24. abstract objective developmental care comprises a wide range of medical and nursing interventions used in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu...