Nurses' perspectives on child-friendly care needs in emergency departments: A qualitative study.
Int Emerg Nurs
; 73: 101402, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Children can become anxious when undergoing emergency medical treatment. Therefore, emergency departments should be child friendly. This study explored emergency nurses' perspectives on children's needs during emergency care.METHOD:
This qualitative study employed purposive sampling to recruit 17 emergency nurses from 3 medical centers in northern and central Taiwan. Individual interviews were conducted between January and August 2021. Data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis.RESULTS:
The participants had 2-23 years of experience in caring for children in emergency departments. We identified 208 unique meaning units in the interview data, 79 of which were related to child-friendly emergency care. These were classified into 42 codes across 6 categories and 27 subcategories. The six categories were timely comfort, emotional care, frontline safety, emergency response, human resources support, and treatment efficiency.CONCLUSION:
Emergency nurses have professional competencies, play a crucial role as care providers for children in the emergency department, and ensure the comfort and safety of children seeking treatment. The categories related to child-friendly emergency care identified in this study can serve as a basis for developing child-friendly care emergency guidelines.Palavras-chave
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Emerg Nurs
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article