Congruency between parents' actual and desired participation in the care of their hospitalized child
Abstract
Parents' participation in the care of their hospitalized child is an integral part of pediatric nursing practice and is considered to be beneficial for children and parents. However, parents may not discuss their participation with nurses and instead base their activities on their perceptions of nurses' assumptions and expectations regarding parents' participation in care. Nurses may assume a gate keeping role regarding parents' participation, deciding what parents will do and then monitoring these activities. Nurses' heavy workloads may preclude the teaching necessary for parents to participate in certain aspects of care. As a result, parents' actual participation in care may be more or less than their desired level of participation. Measuring actual participation alone may thus give an incomplete picture of a family's situation. To date, no attempt has been made to measure the difference between parents' actual and desired participation in care. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used to measure parents' actual level of participation in care and their desired level of participation in care, and to describe the congruency between them.
Sigma Membership
Lambda Pi at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Parental Involvement, Ill Children, Family Dynamic
Advisor
Linda O'Mara
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
McMaster University
Degree Year
2010
Recommended Citation
Romaniuk, Daria Katherine, "Congruency between parents' actual and desired participation in the care of their hospitalized child" (2020). Dissertations. 100.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/100
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None: Degree-based Submission
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-04-15
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: NR60051; ProQuest document ID: 89232148. The author still retains copyright.