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Empowerment, effective helpgiving practices and family-centered care
Pediatric Nursing
|July 1, 1996
Summary
Understanding different approaches to pediatric patient care, including empowerment and family-centered care, helps healthcare professionals optimize benefits for families. This knowledge improves nursing and healthcare practices by aligning beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors with family needs.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare practices
- Pediatric nursing
- Family support
Background:
- Effective healthcare requires understanding professional approaches.
- Literature review covers empowerment, helpgiving, and family-centered care.
- Optimizing family benefits necessitates understanding professional roles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that improve pediatric patient care.
- To explore the relationship between helpgiving and family-centered care.
- To enhance healthcare professional practices for families.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of empowerment, helpgiving, and family-centered care.
- Analysis of characteristics and consequences of different professional approaches.
- Synthesis of findings to inform practice improvements.
Main Results:
- Family-centered care is a form of effective helpgiving.
- Effective helpgiving is a form of empowerment approach.
- Understanding these approaches optimizes benefits for families.
Conclusions:
- Nurses and healthcare professionals can improve pediatric care by understanding various approaches.
- Empowerment, helpgiving, and family-centered care are key to optimizing family outcomes.
- Adopting specific beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors enhances family functioning and benefits.