Korean J Child Health Nurs.  2006 Jan;12(1):15-24.

Resource-Based Relative Value for Estimation of Nursing Behavior in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

• Moon SY

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was done to define nursing behavior in neonatal intensive care units so as to estimate resource-based relative value-. METHOD: Participating in this study were 292 nurses in neonatal intensive care units. The study surveyed physical and mental labor, stress and time involved in nursing work. Tool used in this study was a nursing labor per relative value tool. For analyzes, the relative value of each nursing behavior was calculated, where the mean value of the three components, labor intensity and component-by-component explanatory power were in percentage terms.
RESULTS
1. Nursing behaviors in neonatal intensive care unit were classified and defined at three levels: 5 main domains, 17 mid-domains, and 42 small domains. 2. The per component explanatory power of intensity involved in nursing labor showed physical effort to be 32.45%, mental 32.86%, and stress 34.69%. 3. The reliability of nursing labor factors was very strong, Cronbach's alpha value of 0.96.
CONCLUSION
In this research, which is a first in defining nursing behavior in neonatal intensive care units, individual nursing behavior were broken down using resource-based relative value for nursing cost, and each nursing behavior was successfully translated to a numerical value.

MeSH Terms

Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
Intensive Care, Neonatal*
Nursing*
Physical Exertion
Child Health