Higham Sue, Davies Ruth
Open University.
Nurs Times. 2013;109(35):26-7.
In the UK and elsewhere, family-centred care is the cornerstone of children's nursing. Fathers' roles in families have evolved in recent decades and they are increasingly involved in their children's lives and healthcare. However, few studies of parents' experiences of their children's hospitalisation refer to fathers. To address this gap in the evidence and to support family-centred care, we focused this research on fathers' experiences during their acutely ill children's stay in hospital.
To gain an understanding of fathers' experiences of care during their child's unplanned admission and their interactions with children's nurses.
An ethnographic design was used that involved participant observation and interviews with fathers and nurses.
Fathers played active roles during hospitalisation. They adopted a protective role, continued to provide for their families through paid work, provided emotional and material support to mothers and siblings and participated directly in care. Despite this active involvement, children's nurses sometimes perceived fathers as marginal to their child's care.
Fathers are active participants in care and children's nurses need to be aware of the importance of practising truly family-centred care.
在英国及其他地区，以家庭为中心的护理是儿童护理的基石。近几十年来，父亲在家庭中的角色不断演变，他们越来越多地参与到孩子的生活和医疗保健中。然而，很少有关于父母对孩子住院经历的研究提及父亲。为了填补这一证据空白并支持以家庭为中心的护理，我们将这项研究聚焦于父亲在其重病孩子住院期间的经历。
了解父亲在孩子意外住院期间的护理经历以及他们与儿童护士的互动。
采用人种志设计，包括对父亲和护士的参与观察与访谈。
父亲在住院期间发挥了积极作用。他们承担起保护者的角色，通过有偿工作继续供养家庭，为母亲和兄弟姐妹提供情感和物质支持，并直接参与护理。尽管父亲积极参与，但儿童护士有时认为父亲在孩子的护理中处于边缘地位。
父亲是护理的积极参与者，儿童护士需要意识到实施真正以家庭为中心护理的重要性。
