A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED NURSE - PARENT SUPPORT ON PARENTAL STRESS LEVEL OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN IN THE PAEDIATRIC WARDS OF A SELECTED TERTIARY HOSPITAL, PUNE

Col Rekha Bhattacharya, Dr Bharati Batra

Abstract


Nurses are in constant contact with the parents as they give care to the child 24 hrs and experience the parental anxiety. They should accept the parents behavior and demonstrate a sympathetic understanding and permissive guidance. The nursing staff, both individually and as a group, provides an important environmental context for the parents of children who are hospitalized for an illness. During the period of acute illness and hospitalization, the environment created by the nursing staff defines a large part of the reality for parents .

Keywords


Nurses, child, parental anxiety, sympathetic

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