Percepções da equipe de enfermagem relacionadas ao acompanhante na unidade de internação pediátrica / Perceptions of the nursing staff related to escort the Pediatric Inpatient Unit

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

This study aimed to understand the perception of the nursing staff about the presence and involvement of the companion of children in the Pediatric Inpatient Unit - PIU. The collection site was the PIU in a tertiary hospital in the area east of Sao Paulo. Included 19 professional nursing staff, as follows: 05 nurses and 14 nursing assistants. Method: we used the thematic content analysis of semistructured interviews, which allowed the identification of four categories that explain this perception: 1) permanence of the companion: between the right and duty, which describes aspects related to the knowledge of professional nursing staff permission in relation to the permanence of the companion, as well as the functions that these caregivers to bestow, 2) responsibilities of the nursing staff compared to the attendants, who describes the participantsperceptions about their duties in relation to companion, 3) presence of the partner: benefits and disorders, which shows the staff perception of the benefits that presence of children, family and staff, and related disorders such as situations of disrespect for rules and routines, lack of support for the work of the nursing staff, as well as oversight child and 4) knowledge about ethical and legal actions involving deprivation of nursing staff in the IPU, which presents the views on what is permitted or not in relation to the care of the companions to children, according to the code of ethics and law of professional nursing. In all categories, there are differing perceptions, even conflicting, pointing to the need to include the topic in the training of workers. The study allowed to know the perceptions of the nursing staff on the companion, providing subsidies for a development plan for this team in order to improve its educational and welfare of children and family.

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cuidados de enfermagem nursing patient escort professional-family relations defesa da criança relações profissional-família acompanhantes de pacientes hospitalized child criança hospitalizada defense of children pediatric nursing enfermagem pediátrica

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