Poster Presentation
Friday, 21 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday, 21 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations III
A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Competence of NIDCAP Among Staff Members of Newborn Units in Taiwan
Shue-Lin Cheng, RN, MSN1, Lee-Meei Lan, RN, MSN1, and Chao-Huei Chen, MD2. (1) Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, (2) Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Learning Objective #1: realize the knowledge, attitude, competence concerning NIDCAP among staff members of newborn units in Taiwan
Learning Objective #2: realize the associated factors of the knowledge, attitude and competence concerning NIDCAP among staff members of newborn units in Taiwan
Als emphasized the neonatal infants’ behavior were all meaningful. Relevant researches verified the developmental outcome of preterm infant were influenced by medical environment and the way of care.A questionnaire was constructed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and competence concerning NIDCAP. The Cronbach' s α of attitude, competence, job satisfactions domain were 0.76, 0.88, 0.87. It was mailed to all newborn units taking care of premature infants in Taiwan. Two hundred ninety respondents from 24 hospitals had completed the questionnaire. The results showed that the mean score of knowledge was 11.95 ( the highest score was 20), the mean score of attitude was 2.92(the lowest score was 1, the highest score was 4), and the mean score of competence was 3.68(the lowest score was 1, the highest score was 5). This score revealed that the staff members did not have enough knowledge about NIDCAP, a little positive toward NIDCAP, and had some confidence .The staff members who worked at medical centers got higher score on knowledge and had more positive attitude, compared with whom worked at the regional hospitals ( F = 20.86, 10.08, p<.01). This study also showed that the staff members who had higher score on knowledge of NIDCAP, competence and job satisfactions, were more positive toward NIDCAP (t = 5.75, p<.001, R2=26.1%). There is need to provide more training about NIDCAP to improve the knowledge and positive attitude of staff members working with premature infants.

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