BARRIERS OF DELIVERING NURSING CARE TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY DESIGN
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Background: Nurses who work at pediatric intensive care unit face several challenges, such as an untidy work environment, outdated equipment, excessive time spent explaining the patient's condition to the attendant, and inefficient morning rounds. Uncertain prescription orders, poor nurse-to-doctor communication, and inadequate nurse-to-patient ratios can all be obstacles in the nursing profession. Aims of the study: To determine barriers that might face delivering the nursing care for pediatric patient at intensive care. Method: a qualitative descriptive approach was used to explore the barriers experienced by ICU nurses throughout the provision of care for pediatric. non-probability (purposive) sampling was applied to select the research sample, which comprised of 15 nurses worked in the three different intensive care units. Data collected using semi-structured face-to-face interviews by a researcher by using thematic analysis Results showed that nurses who work at ICU during were faced several barriers during deliver care for pediatric patients. Conclusion: The study concluded that nurses who work at ICU were faced several barriers to deliver care for pediatric patients, included family related barrier, Technological and tools related barrier, task barriers, organization barrier, in addition to solutions to solve these challenges. Recommendation: The provision of all the resources required to support the functioning of pediatric critical care units should be the primary focus of the Iraqi Ministry of Health.