Abstract
The study of 206 critical care nurses who are working more than 3 years was conducted to asses how critical care nurses's perceptions of critical care family needs and to investigate the association of relation factors. Data were collected using Critical Care Family Needs Inventory-Japanease edition(CCFNI-J)translated by the authors, the Emotional Empathy Scale(EES), the Social Rericence Scale, and the Twelve-Item General Health Questionnaire(GHQ-12).
The results showed that critical care nurse's perceptions of critical care family needs were classified 3 group; "perceptions of crisis group" (15.8%), "perceptions of middle group" (49.1%), and "perceptions of present satisfaction group" (35.1%). In perceptions of crisis group, about half(51.8%)were nurses of below the age of thirty. And in perceptions of present satisfaction group, nurses of forty and over accounted for 26.7%. Perceptions of crisis group were higher sensitivity for emotion scores(p<0.05), perceptions of middle group were higher Social Rericence scores(p<0.05), and perceptions of present satisfaction group were higher coldness scores(p<0.01)than other groups. Nurses's perceptions of critical care family needs have a relation to nurse's personal factors.
