Hemşirelerin Hastanede Yatan Çocuğun Bakımına Ebeveyn Katılımı Hakkında Görüşleri

Abstract

Aim: To determine views of nurses', who worked at pediatric clinics, about parent participation in the care of hospitalized children. Methods: This descriptive research was performed with 155 nurses who worked at pediatric clinics of four hospitals located in the city center of Konya, in March-May, 2014. Data were collected using a questionaire which was developed according to literature. Data were evaluated in terms of number, percentage, mean, standard deviation via SPSS 20 programme. Results: In study, 81.9% of nurses agreed to views about parent participation can result "reduce fear and anxiety of child" and "facilitation child's coping with painful practices". It was found that most of nurses agreed "it provides that parents know everything about child's care and treatment" (74.8%) and "professional communication between nurses and families can return social communication style" (81.3). Gender of parents, comunication style, education levels, knowing caring process of children, children's disease process, age and doctor's order about parent participation were determined effective factors in parent participation. Conclusion: It was found that nurses' views about effect of parent participation on children were mostly positive but they also had negative views about its effects on parents and nursing.