Parent-to-parent links: building networks for parents of hospitalized children.
The experience of a pediatric clinical nurse specialist and clinical social worker with a hospital-based parent support group illustrates the dynamics of parent-to-parent support when the only apparent commonality shared is having a hospitalized child. The effectiveness of this approach is explored and evaluated with regard to planning family-centered care for the future.
D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014768:Virginia