title: Nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of families in pediatric nursing care.
abstract: Affective, cognitive and behavioral components affect nurses´ attitudes to include families in the care processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of nurses about the importance of including families in nursing care. Data collection was performed in pediatric and maternal-child unit of a Brazilian university hospital. A sample of 50 nurses completed the Portuguese version of the instrument Families'Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA). The results indicated that nurses have supportive attitudes regarding families participation in nursing care. Attitudes of lower support for involving families in nursing care were found among nurses with older age, more time in the profession and who had no previous contact with contents related to Family Nursing. The application of the instrument in other contexts of assistance may help to illuminate important aspects of the challenges to implementing a family-centered approach in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Child and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Margareth
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angelo
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréia Cascaes
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francine Fernandes Pires
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Mekitarian
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carolina Cavalcante da Silva Dos
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing of Porto, Portugal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Costa Marques
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martinho
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martins