Foreldre utförer mesteparten av pleien og omsorgen ved barns korte sykehusopphold
Sammanfattning
The article explores how parents are included and excluded in the care of hospitalized children and examines the inclusion/exclusion practices by the ideology of human needs.
Method: Interviews with parents/nurses, observations of parents/nurses/children in a Norwegian children’s ward; the material is analyzed in the extension of Henderson’s and Orem’s ideas on human needs.
Result: Parents performed a major part of the work to take care of basic nursing and care tasks. They had also a central role in the performing of a variety of medical procedures, although the nurse was primarily responsible. Parents were only relieved when the nurse had time.
Conclusion: Parents performed most of the care and contributed to medical treatment. These practices were usually in harmony with the parents’ need to be with their children.