The Impact of Family-Centered Care Training: Developed Pediatric Nurses' Attitudes towards Child Care in Turkey

¹Assistant Professor, Sutçu Imam University, Health Science Faculty, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

²Associate Professor, Ataturk University, Faculty of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey

*Corresponding author: Ayfer Kara, PhD, Department of Child Health and Diseases Nursing, Health Science Faculty, Sütçü Imam University, 46040, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Phone Number: 05069894558, ORCID: 0000-0003-3408-9771; Email: [email protected].

Received Date: January 10, 2024

Published Date: February 06, 2024

Citation: Kara A, et al. (2024). The Impact of Family-Centered Care Training: Developed Pediatric Nurses' Attitudes towards Child Care in Turkey. Mathews J Pediatr. 9(1):33.

Copyrights: Kara A, et al. © (2024).

ABSTRACT

Aim: This study was conducted to improve the attitudes of pediatric nurses towards family-centered care through education and to evaluate the effectiveness of this education. Methods: The study was conducted quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group in order to evaluate the effect of family-centred care training on the care attitudes of paediatric nurses. The study was conducted between January 15 and April 15, 2018. The population of the study consisted of 63 nurses (N= 63). The data were collected face-to-face through the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Family Centered Care Attitude Scale. The data were analysed through descriptive statistics, chi-square, t test and z test. Ethical principles were observed at all stages of the study. Results: The results of the research indicated that attitudes of the nurses in the experimental group towards family-centred care, contribution of family-centred care subscale and family and child participation in care subscale were significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the nurses in the control group after family-centred care training (p <.001). Conclusions: Pediatric nurses play a key role in en-abling hospital care services to become family-centered. Training of nurses, working in paediatric clinics, on family-centred care may be effective in improving their attitudes towards family-centred care.

Keywords: Family-Centred Care, Child, Training, Nurse, Attitude.