[Mental stress of visiting-nursing staff in cases of severely handicapped children with respirators].
We evaluated the actual condition of work and mental stress on visiting nursing staff, for the purposes of establishing a suitable visiting-nursing system for severely handicapped children. The subjects were 13 visiting nurses involved in the care of two children with Werdnig-Hoffman disease. The visiting-nursing staff was examined by questionnaire. Of these staff, 77% felt a burden from their work. They felt a burden due to the special needs of pediatric patients and the relationship between the staff and parents. The relationship between visiting-nursing staff and other medical staff, including doctors, was another main factor in this burden. The younger nurses felt this burden more strongly.
Hayashi
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Dept. of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University.
Kido
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Ichiyama
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Isumi
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Nakamura
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Mito
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Furukawa
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D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014897:Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical