title: [Meanings attributed by family members in pediatrics regarding their interactions with nursing professionals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Understanding the meanings attributed by family caregivers of children in hospital environments about their interactions with nursing professionals.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative study used Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical reference and Grounded Theory as the methodological framework. It was carried out in a Pediatrics Center in southern Brazil, in the first half of 2013. Participants were 15 family caregivers of hospitalized children. Data were collected through interviews and submitted to open and axial analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Interactions with the nursing team enable family to trust or distrust in the provided child care and to positively evaluate the care received.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interactions between family members and the nursing team contribute to the significance attributed by the family to the nursing care received by the child. Nurses should be aware of the attitudes of the nursing team regarding the child and their family, prioritizing humanized care.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovana Calcagno
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daiani Modernel
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Xavier
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Campelo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pintanel
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dóris Helena Ribeiro
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valéria Lerch
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deise Ribeiro
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Aquino
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing