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Objective: Neonatal nurses face numerous barriers in providing end-of-life (EOL) care for neonates and their families. Addressing neonatal nurses’ attitudes could provide insight into barriers that impede neonatal palliative care (NPC). This study thus conducted to examine neonatal nurses’ attitude toward barriers in providing NPC in Southeast Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study, a translated modified version of Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale was used to examine attitudes of 70 nurses toward barriers of palliative care in 3 neonatal intensive care units in Southeast Iran. Results: Findings indicated that overall 42.63% of nurses were strongly agreed or agreed with the proposed barriers in NPC. Among all categories, the highest and the lowest scores belonged to the categories of “insufficient resources” (3.42 ± 0.65) and “inappropriate personal and social attitudes” (2.33 ± 0.48), respectively. Neonatal nurses who had less education and study regarding NPC reported the presence of more barriers to NPC in the categories of “inappropriate organizational culture” and/or “inadequate nursing proficiency.” Also, younger nurses had more positive attitudes toward the category of inappropriate organizational culture as being a barrier to provision of NPC (4.62). Conclusion: The findings suggest that developing a context-based instrument is required to represent the barrier more precisely. Neonatal palliative care can be improved by establishing a special environment to focus on infants’ EOL care. This establishment requires standard palliative care guidelines and adequate NPC-trained nurses.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEONATAL NURSES CONFERENCE

The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing ◽

10.1097/00005237-198707000-00014 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

&NA; &NA;

Keyword(s):

National Association ◽

Neonatal Nurses

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Attitudes of Neonatal Nurses to Research and their Role in the Research Process

Pediatric Research ◽

10.1038/pr.2011.955 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 70 ◽

pp. 730-730

Author(s):

C Soto ◽

H Terry ◽

H Pandya ◽

D J Field ◽

V Kairamkonda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Research Process ◽

Neonatal Nurses

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Journal of Neonatal Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.jnn.2018.04.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 170

Keyword(s):

Neonatal Nurses

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Survey of neonatal nurses' practices and beliefs in relation to skin health

Journal of Neonatal Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.jnn.2017.07.007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 86-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hannah L. Liversedge ◽

Dan L. Bader ◽

Lisette Schoonhoven ◽

Peter R. Worsley

Keyword(s):

Neonatal Nurses

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Employment in Nursing and Preterm Birth: Are They Linked?

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.98.6.1197 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 98 (6) ◽

pp. 1197-1198

Author(s):

JUDITH LUMLEY

Keyword(s):

Preterm Birth ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Neonatal Nurses ◽

Fetal Health ◽

Mailed Survey ◽

Control Study ◽

Specialist Group

The possibility that employment itself, with all its rewards, both intrinsic and monetary, could be harmful to maternal and fetal health is always a matter for concern. When that suggestion is made about an archetypical female form of employment (nursing), and a specialist group devoted to the health care of women and infants, it is deeply alarming. So the recent publication which states, "our results show that strenuous working conditions are an important risk factor for preterm birth among US nurses," has been widely reported and discussed. The study was a case-control study with cases and controls drawn from respondents to a cross-sectional mailed survey of members of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.

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