英文摘要 |
On average, about 65% of the patients in our pediatric general ward are preschoolers (age 3-6). As high as 84% of these exhibit resistance behaviors during intravenous injection, with an average score of 5.4 in resistance. The purpose of this project was to apply the child-friendly healthcare to reduce the resistance behavior during intravenous injection in preschoolers. We identified through investigation the reasons behind the behaviors: lack of standardized procedure, lack of psychological readiness before injection, helplessness during injection, unpleasant experience of injection in the past, unfriendly environment, and lack of child-friendly healthcare concept. We implemented the following nursing measures: staff training, modified intravenous injection procedure, produced video and brochure to demonstrate injection procedure, provided alternative injection choices, decorated injection environment, and offered small gifts to children. After implementing the above mentioned interventions, the percentage of resistance behavior against intravenous injection in preschool children decreased from 84% to 40%, and the scores of resistance decreased from 5.4 to 2.5. The decrease in behavior also came with an increase in the parents’ satisfaction, a decrease in the nurses’ stress, an improvement in the nurse-patient relationship, and a upgrade in the efficacy and quality of our pediatric healthcare. |