Pediatric rooming-in: understanding the negotiation between nurses and caregivers

Abstract

doi: 10.5216/ree.v15i2.17419 - http://dx.doi.org/10.5216/ree.v15i2.17419

ABSTRACT

This descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study was performed with the objective to understand the perception that nurses of a pediatric unit have regarding the inclusion of relative/caregivers in the process of care. The subjects were nurses of the pediatric unit of a public teaching hospital that adopts “Pediatric Rooming-in”. The subjects were interviewed in the months of June and July of 2011; all interviews were recorded. Thematic Content Analysis was used, based on three established thematic axes: Including the caregiver in the pediatric unit; Revealing the reality of sharing the care with the caregiver; and Perspectives for the effectiveness of the negotiation of care. Results revealed inconsistencies in the way that nurses understand the negotiation of the child’s care and about including the caregiver in that process.

Descriptors: Pediatric Nursing; Negotiating; Child, Hospitalized; Family.