Difficulty for the Nurses Who Take Care of Children and Adults in the Same Ward

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  • 子どもと大人の混合病棟における看護師の抱える困難さ
  • コドモ ト オトナ ノ コンゴウ ビョウトウ ニ オケル カンゴシ ノ カカエル コンナン サ

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The purpose of this study was to identify the difficulties for the nurses who take care of children and adults in the same ward. Ethnonursing was applied to this study. The main participants of this study were 7 nurses. The study was conducted by careful observation and interview for the main participants, and additional interview for 14 general participants.<BR>The following findings were drawn from five sub themes and one main theme.<BR>First, nurses cared children at nurse's own pace, in contrast they cared adult patients at patient's own pace.<BR>Second, nurses recognized their ward was specialized for children, however they also paid significant attention for adult patients who might feel uncomfortable with the inconvenience with the children.<BR>The last, nurses felt the adult and child mixed condition did not allow sufficient application of their professional skills and knowledge, also nurses were exploring their specialties.<BR>In consequence, those findings suggested the following: nursing team should divided to one for children and another for adults for certain period of time, both child care specialists and nurses with adult care expertise are required in this particular ward, and nurses should be given the opportunity to examine their future career development.

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