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Family satisfaction in pediatric intensive care units is strongly positively correlated with nursing care competencies, particularly medical, technical, and organizational skills. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This study investigates how children's family satisfaction relates to nursing care competencies in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

June 17, 2026BMC NursingOpen Access

From crisis to care: evaluating nursing competencies in pediatric intensive care units through family eyes

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EBEman Arafa BadrBadr University in Cairo HMHeba Hashem MongedAlexandria University SMSally Mostafa MohamedRashid Hospital

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Cross-sectional study shows strong connection between family satisfaction and nursing competencies in PICUs, indicating care quality improvement opportunities.

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This study investigates how children's family satisfaction relates to nursing care competencies in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.
Cross-sectional correlational design conducted in five pediatric intensive care units in Alexandria.
Sample included 150 pediatric critical care nurses and 218 families of critically ill children.
Data collected using pediatric family satisfaction with care questionnaire and nurse professional competence scale-short version.
Mean score of family satisfaction was 80.0 ± 5.75.
Mean score of nursing competencies was 101.75 ± 19.66.
Strong positive correlation between nursing competencies and family satisfaction (r = 0.656, p < 0.001).

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Badr et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a323b8cd50b63ecad206146 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-026-04850-2

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Cross-sectional study shows strong connection between family satisfaction and nursing competencies in PICUs, indicating care quality improvement opportunities.

From crisis to care: evaluating nursing competencies in pediatric intensive care units through family eyes

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From crisis to care: evaluating nursing competencies in pediatric intensive care units through family eyes

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