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OC40 - Family participation in caring for hospitalized children - nurses' perspectives
Margarida Reis Santos1, Natália Quina Lopes2, Paula Sousa1
1ESEP, Portugal.
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Theme: Professional issues Aim: To understand nurses' perspective about the presence and participation of parents/caregivers during child's hospitalization.
Method:
Quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study. Data collection in 2011 through questionnaire.
Results:
The sample comprised 146 nurses that work in paediatric wards in five different hospitals in the North of Portugal; aged between 23 to 59 years old; 93.1% were female; the average professional time was 10.7 years with 9.4 years of professional practice in an inpatient paediatric ward; 89% recognize the importance of parents/caregivers staying at hospital all day with their children during hospitalization; 63.4% always promote the involvement of parents/caregivers in the basic care; 42.5% involved them in more complex care; 9.6% didn't have the habit of explaining the nursing care to the parents before performing them.
Conclusions:
It is important that nurses recognize the benefits of effectively involving parents/caregivers in the care, negotiation and decision-making process regarding the child's care.
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