Föräldramedverkan vid utförande av vårdåtgärder i hemmet efter instruktion/utbildning från sjuksköterska
Föräldrars och sjuksköterskors upplevelser
Parent participationCareChildParent educationCare giving proceduresFöräldramedverkanVårdBarnUtbildningVårdåtgärder
Introduction: Parental involvement is becoming increasingly common in the paediatric health care. Parental participation at home means that parents receive instruction by nursing staff in order to perform a caregiving procedure at home.Aim: To explore parents' feelings about performing caregiving procedures on their child at home, and their experience of instruction about these, and to explore nurses? experiences of their instruction to parents.Method: A descriptive quantitative and qualitative design using questionnaires with statements to be responded by nurses and parents according to scales graded 1-10. The study was carried out during the autumn of 2009 at a pediatric unit in the University Hospital in Uppsala.Results: Ten completed questionnaires from the nursing staff and ten from parents were obtained. The mean assessment of parents' perceived safety and security, and their perception that their questions had been answered ranged between 8,6 and 9,2. The nurses assessed parents? comprehension of the information and feeling of security as means from 9,1 to 9,7. The parents felt confident at discharge with the nursing activities to be performed at home, with a few exceptions.Conclusion: Both the nurses and the parents were overall satisfied with the instruction.