title: [Trying to preserve the integrity of the family unit: the family living with the experience of having a child in the pediatric intensive care unit].
abstract: The purposes of this study were to: understand the dynamic functioning of the family with a child admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to construct a theoretical model about the living experience of a family with a child admitted to the PICU. The study used as a theoretical reference the Symbolic Interactionism, and the Grounded theory methodology. The comparative analysis of the data permitted identify two phenomena: Having a family rupture and Living with the possibility of loosing a child. The relationship of these phenomena has permitted the identification of the core category TRYING TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FAMILY UNIT based on which it was possible to propose a theoretical model to explain the experience.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica da Escola de Enfermagem da USP.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bousso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angelo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D022143:Family Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
vernacular_title: Buscando preservar a integridade da unidade familiar: a família vivendo a experiência de ter um filho na uti.