Humanization in the relationship with the family: a challenge to the Nursing in Pediatric ICU - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v26i1.1666

Abstract

In Pediatrics, to look after means to involve a child and a significant person to her. The study focuses on experiences of the nursing staff with the family of children who are hospitalized in Pediatric ICU. The aim of this study is to learn the typical action of the nursing staff towards the families of the children hospitalized in the Pediatric ICU. Alfred Schutz’s sociological phenomenology was used, in a face-to-face relationship and in the perspective of the 'motives' to seek the typical of this action. The setting was a Pediatric ICU of a municipal hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The subjects were the professionals of its nursing staff. Results showed two categories: family interaction and family participation. We concluded that the professionals are not prepared to share the same room with the families of hospitalized children in Pediatric ICU. But, they are aware of the importance of the family participation as a potential client.