National Testing of the Nursing – Kids Intensity of Care Survey for Pediatric Long-term Care

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• Alternative Title:
  J Pediatr Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Hessels, Amanda ; Darby, Sharon W ; Simpser, Edwin ; Saiman, Lisa ; Larson, Elaine L.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  The purpose of this study is to test the Nursing–Kids Intensity of Care, a measure of the intensity of nursing care needs, defined as the quantity and type of direct and indirect care activities performed by caregivers in a national sample.
  
  Design and Methods
  
  A 40-item tool previously tested in a small sample was psychometrically tested on a sample of 116 children with complex medical conditions by 33 nurse raters across 11 pediatric sites.
  
  Results
  
  The Nursing–Kids Intensity of Care tool demonstrated components of usability, feasibility, inter-rater, test-retest and internal consistency reliability and construct validity in the national study sample.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Additional testing to further establish psychometric sufficiency and expanded use to quantify the intensity of nursing care needs of children with complex medical conditions in pediatric long-term care settings is recommended.
  
  Practice Implications
  
  This novel measure could assist the nursing administrators, educators and staff of pediatric long-term care facilities assess the intensity of care needs of their residents.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Child Health Services Disability Evaluation Disabled Children Female Health Care Surveys Humans Long-Term Care Male Needs Assessment Nurse's Role Pediatric Nursing Quality Assurance, Health Care Reproducibility Of Results Skilled Nursing Facilities

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• Source:
  J Pediatr Nurs. 37:86-90.
• Pubmed ID:
  28869067
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5681364
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 OH011186/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R01 HS021470/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States ; T32 NR013454/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  37
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a94d8cbd572872e0c93d154b195588cb30c6a3319a7da30941fa11c50329803d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49707/cdc_49707_DS1.pdf
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