| Items of PNCM | Median of scores | Significant differences among groups (a) | Significant changes of pre and 2 month (b) | Significant changes of likelihood and 2-month (b) | |||||||||
| Only pediatric nursing experiences (n = 13) | With other field experience (n = 9) | ||||||||||||
| Pre | Likelihood | 2 month | Pre | Likelihood | 2 month | Pre | Likelihood | 2 month | PN | Others | PN | Others | |
| 1) You greet children, introduce yourself, and inform them that you are the nurse in charge. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | * | * | * | *↑ |
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| 2) One of the physicians, nurses, or parents provides children with explanations regarding the medical examinations/procedures or confirms them in advance. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | * |
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| 3) You ask children in advance when they want to be informed of the medical examinations/procedures. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ** | * | * |
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| 4) You inform children of when medical examinations/procedures will be implemented. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | * |
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| 5) When deciding whether parents should accompany their children (at the time of providing explanations/conducting medical examinations and procedures), you take into consideration the requests of both the children and their parents. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| 6) You ensure that both parents and children know where the parents will wait. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | * |
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| 7) You also inform parents about the contents and methods of explanations provided for their children. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| 8)You explain medical examinations/procedures (including their purpose and methods) to children, using easy-to-understand expressions, even when their parents are present. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| 9) If children resist, you wait patiently until they change their minds. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| 10) You do your best to prevent children from being fearful. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| 11) You provide children with explanations and talk to them during each stage of the examinations/procedures. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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