Improving family-centered care through research.
The need for change toward more family centered care involved focusing on issues identified by families and staff on a medical-surgical infant and toddler unit of a pediatric hospital. The research process was used to identify issues of concern and to develop and evaluate interventions to improve family centered care. This article presents the research process, the interventions employed, and family and staff perceptions of family and centered care pre and post intervention.
Frost
Michelle
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Intermediate Care Unit, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA. frostm@archildrens.org <frostm@archildrens.org>
Green
Angela
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Gance-Cleveland
Bonnie
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Kersten
Rebecca
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Irby
Carmen
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management