Cuidar em pediatria

: a importância da parceria de cuidados entre pais e enfermeiros

Abstract

This report comes under the Master's Degree in Nursing, in the specialization area of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, and aims to present, analyze and reflect on the route held in the Internship Course. This had as its central theme the partnership-in-care, specifically the importance in establishing an effective partnership between parents and nurses, for the highest quality and humanization in child-care. The Partnership Model, a nursing theory by Anne Casey, supported by values and beliefs that make parents the best child-care providers, respecting and appreciating their experience and contribution, was the thread of this path.
Apart from a brief conceptual and theoretical framework on this issue, this report also held a systematic review of the literature, with the aim to answer the question: What is the nurses’ role in promoting partnership-in-care with the parents of a hospitalized child? The results subsequently substantiate the activities, along with the requirements found in the various contexts of the Internship, with the purpose to promote evidence-based practice.
Throughout the Internship Course were developed several activities, with the aim to acquire skills as a Specialist in Child Health and Paediatrics Nurse, in particular those related to the promotion of partnership between parents and nurses. Here, the realization of a training session for parents about health/oral hygiene in children and the construction of leaflets about relevant topics for each context stands out, as they allowed to promote the partnership-in-care over the transmission and knowledge sharing.
Through analysis and reflection criticism, carried along this path, and this report, it was possible to gain skills as a Specialist Nurse in Infant and Pediatric Health, at assistance children and their families, in response to life cycle and development child specific needs, with the aim to maximize their health.

Date of Award	22 Mar 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Margarida Lourenço (Supervisor)