Kim Mi-Ra, Chae Sun-Mi
College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
J Child Health Care. 2025 Jun;29(2):368-380. doi: 10.1177/13674935231206214. Epub 2023 Oct 17.
Trust is an essential component of qualified nursing care and correlated with mothers' satisfaction during child's hospitalization. This exploratory qualitative study was conducted to gain a better understanding of trust from mothers of hospitalized children toward pediatric nurses. Data were collected using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with eight mothers with recently hospitalized children. Collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis. As a result, three themes were identified from this study: "assessing the trustworthiness of pediatric nurses," "overcoming emotional burden caused by the child's hospitalization," and "newly recognizing the importance of pediatric nurses." Seven sub-themes were identified. Mothers reported guilt and stress due to their responsibility as the primary caregiver when children were hospitalized. However, mothers felt empowered and gained confidence when trusting pediatric nurses, recognizing their importance, and accepting their help. The result highlights the essential nature of the mother's trust in pediatric nurses, which in turn facilitated emotional support and empowerment for the mothers. Based on this study's insights into the unique experiences of trust from mothers of hospitalized children, pediatric nurses can explore strategies to facilitate trust-building. Based on these findings, pediatric nurses can develop trust-building strategies, tools to assess the level of trust, and interventions to facilitate trust-building.
信任是优质护理的重要组成部分，与孩子住院期间母亲的满意度相关。本探索性定性研究旨在更好地了解住院患儿母亲对儿科护士的信任。通过对八名孩子近期住院的母亲进行半结构化深度访谈收集数据。使用主题分析法对收集到的数据进行分析。结果，本研究确定了三个主题：“评估儿科护士的可信度”、“克服孩子住院带来的情感负担”以及“重新认识儿科护士的重要性”。确定了七个子主题。母亲们报告说，孩子住院时，作为主要照顾者，她们因责任而感到内疚和压力。然而，当信任儿科护士、认识到他们的重要性并接受他们的帮助时，母亲们感到有力量并获得了信心。结果凸显了母亲对儿科护士信任的本质，这反过来又为母亲们提供了情感支持和力量。基于本研究对住院患儿母亲独特信任经历的洞察，儿科护士可以探索促进信任建立的策略。基于这些发现，儿科护士可以制定信任建立策略、评估信任水平的工具以及促进信任建立的干预措施。
