Factors Influencing Supportive Positioning Care Performance for Preterm Infants among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses
Ji Eun Park
Advisor : Prof. Kim, Jin Sun, Ph.D.
Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Chosun University
Purpose: The purp...
Factors Influencing Supportive Positioning Care Performance for Preterm Infants among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses
Ji Eun Park
Advisor : Prof. Kim, Jin Sun, Ph.D.
Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Chosun University
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine neonatal intensive care unit nurses' knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, nursing work environment, and performance of supportive positioning care for preterm infants and to identify the factors influencing their supportive positioning care performance.
Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted. Participants were 124 NICU nurses at university hospitals. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis
Results: The mean score of supportive positioning care performance for preterm infants among NICU nurses was 3.32 out of 4. Supportive positioning care performance differed significantly according to participants’ marital status, position, and educational experience of supportive positioning care. Supportive positioning care performance was also significantly correlated with age, NICU clinical experience, knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy. The regression model explained 55.1% of the variance in supportive positioning care performance for preterm infants among NICU nurses. NICU clinical experience, position, and self-efficacy were identified as statistically significant factors influencing supportive positioning care performance.
Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that supportive positioning care for preterm infants is closely associated with NICU nurses’ clinical experience, position, and self-efficacy. NICU clinical experience appears to play an important role in promoting supportive positioning care. NICU clinical experience was identified as the strongest predictor of supportive positioning care performance. Therefore, strategies aimed at enhancing NICU nurses’ clinical competence and self-efficacy in supportive positioning care for preterm infants may improve supportive positioning care performance in the NICU.
Keywords: Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Preterm Infant, Supportive Positioning Care, Nurses, Self-Efficacy