Background and Objectives: The simultaneous activity of nurses in two fields of family and work cause work-family conflict. The study was conducted with the aim of comparing the work-family conflict between nurses working in pediatric and neonatal wards during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive study. 70 nurses were selected through convenience method. Data were collected by demographic questionnaire and the Carlson's work-family conflict questionnaire and were analyzed in SPSS version 21 software with ANOVA and Post Hoc.
Results: The highest work-family conflict was in neonatal intensive care unit with the mean of 57.73±10.25 and the lowest was 47.17± 9.44 in pediatric ward. There was a significant difference between all pediatric wards (p=0.03). Also, there was a significant difference in terms of work-family conflict between oncology and pediatric ward (p=0.02), pediatric emergency and pediatric ward (p=0.04), pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) (p=0.02) and pediatric ward and NICU (p=0.005).
Conclusions: Work-family conflict in nurses working in pediatric and neonatal wards was average. A significant difference was observed between the work-family conflict scores in these wards. It is suggested that in future research, the factors affecting work-family conflict, especially in the nurses of the intensive care units for infants and children should be investigated, so that effective educational interventions can be planned to reduce it.
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Special Received: 2024/02/21 | Accepted: 2024/04/6 | Published: 2024/09/15