Making oneself at home? Examining the nurse-parent relationship.
Current literature concerning parents' involvement with their hospitalised children focuses on the issues of partnership and family-centered care. Relatively few studies address the dynamics of relationships, practice, and the associated issues of responsibility, status and power. Using participant observation within an interpretive framework, this study highlights an inherent paradox in the expectations and role of parents, situated as visitors and partners in caring for their hospitalised child.
Rowe
J
J
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Griffith University.
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012380:Role