TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Nursing Care Needs of Children With Complex Medical Conditions
T2 - The Nursing-Kids Intensity of Care Survey (N-KICS)
AU - Navarra, Ann Margaret
AU - Schlau, Rona
AU - Murray, Meghan
AU - Mosiello, Linda
AU - Schneider, Laura
AU - Jackson, Olivia
AU - Cohen, Bevin
AU - Saiman, Lisa
AU - Larson, Elaine L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded in part by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Keep it Clean for Kids (KICK), 1R01HS021470 and research training grant, “Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections (TIRI),” T32 NR013454 . We gratefully acknowledge the support and contributions of Edwin Simpser, MD, Gordon Hutcheon, MD, Marianne Pavia, MT (ASCP), CLS, CIC, and Amanda Buet, MPH.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Recent medical advances have resulted in increased survival of children with complex medical conditions (CMC), but there are no validated methods to measure their care needs. Objectives/methods: To design and test the Nursing-Kids Intensity of Care Survey (N-KICS) tool and describe intensity of nursing care for children with CMC. Results: The psychometric evaluation confirmed an acceptable standard for reliability and validity and feasibility. Intensity scores were highest for nursing care related to infection control, medication administration, nutrition, diaper changes, hygiene, neurological and respiratory support, and standing program. Conclusions: Development of a psychometrically sound measure of nursing intensity will help evaluate and plan nursing care for children with CMC.
AB - Recent medical advances have resulted in increased survival of children with complex medical conditions (CMC), but there are no validated methods to measure their care needs. Objectives/methods: To design and test the Nursing-Kids Intensity of Care Survey (N-KICS) tool and describe intensity of nursing care for children with CMC. Results: The psychometric evaluation confirmed an acceptable standard for reliability and validity and feasibility. Intensity scores were highest for nursing care related to infection control, medication administration, nutrition, diaper changes, hygiene, neurological and respiratory support, and standing program. Conclusions: Development of a psychometrically sound measure of nursing intensity will help evaluate and plan nursing care for children with CMC.
KW - Complex medical conditions
KW - Instrument development: Nursing intensity
KW - Long-term care
KW - Pediatrics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.11.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 26777429
AN - SCOPUS:84953263668
SN - 0882-5963
VL - 31
SP - 299
EP - 310
JO - Journal of pediatric nursing
JF - Journal of pediatric nursing
IS - 3
ER -