Neonatal intensive care nursery staff perceive enhanced workplace quality with the single-family room design.
OBJECTIVE
To compare perceived workplace quality in an open-bay neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a single-family room (SFR) NICU.


METHODS
Prospective non-randomized, non-controlled cohort study.


RESULTS
Staff workplace quality perceptions assessed included the following: the quality of being a Sanford Health System employee (NS-not significant), the quality of the NICU physical work environment, the quality of NICU patient care, the job quality in the NICU, the quality of health and safety in the NICU (NS), the quality of safety and security in the NICU, the quality of interaction with other members of the NICU health-care team (NS; in subanalysis nurse scores significantly declined), the quality of interaction with NICU technology and the off-job quality of life (NS). Scores for each category and the total scores were statistically greater in the SFR, except as noted (NS).


CONCLUSIONS
Staff perceptions of workplace quality were significantly greater in the SFR than the open-bay NICU.
Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sanford Children's Hospital, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. stevende@sanfordhealth.org
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult