Family-centered care for hospitalized children: Concept analysis

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So Young Jung

Ansan University, South Korea

: J Nurs Patient Care

Abstract

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Family-centered care is the best standard in child care, but it is true that the definition is not clear in Korea today. This paper is a report on the concept analysis of family-centered care for hospitalized children. The concept analysis approach of Walker and Avant was used. A search of multidisciplinary literature published between 1960 and 2016 was undertaken using the keyword ‘family centered care’ or ‘family centered nursing’ combined with hospitalized children. Attributes, antecedents and consequences were inductively derived from the citations analyzed (n=19). The attributes of family-centered care included: (1) Family respect, (2) collaboration, (3) family support, and (4) information sharing. These attributes are influenced by the willingness of family to participate, competency and willingness of staff and institution policy and system. Additionally, family-centered care does significantly impact the health of the children, family empowerment and work satisfaction and selfconfidence of staff. If the definition of the concept of family-centered care for hospitalized children is defined based on the above-mentioned properties, the family-centered care is to respect the family as the expert of the hospitalized children and share sufficient information to be utilized. It is to cooperate as a partner with the family for the health of the child by supporting to promote the power. Family-centered care of hospitalized children as defined by the result of this study will contribute to the theoretical foundation for application in pediatric nursing practice.

Biography

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So Young Jung has completed her PhD from Hanyang University, College of Nursing. She is the Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing at Ansan University. She is licensed as a Child Health Nurse Practitioner and serves as a Public Relations Director of the Association of Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. She is currently conducting research on parents and medical staff with an interest in family-centered care and preparing to develop a tool of Korean family-centered care for hospitalized children.

E-mail: smilejsy1@ansan.ac.kr