Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To explore the effect of family empowerment nursing model on the caring ability of NICU critically ill newborn family members. Methods A total of 60 critically ill NICU newborns and their families admitted to our hospital from July 2023 to July 2024 were selected as the study objects. According to the different admission time, the hospitalized children from July to December 2023 were set into the control group (30 cases, conventional nursing mode), and the hospitalized children from January to July 2024 were set into the observation group (30 cases, 30 cases). Family empowering nursing model). The ability of family members to take care of children, the ability of caregivers to empower children, the readmission rate of children in the first and third month after discharge and the satisfaction of families with the medical team were compared before and after nursing. Results Compared with the control group, the scores of family members caring ability and empowering ability and family satisfaction with the medical team were higher in the observation group, and the readmission rates of children were lower in the first and third months after discharge (P < 0.05). Conclusion Family empowerment nursing model for critically ill neonates in NICU can greatly improve the caring ability and empowerment ability of their families, and reduce the readmission rate of children.

Critically ill newborn; Family empowerment nursing model; The ability to care for family members; Readmission rate