Abstract

Children hospitalized for critical care require increasingly complex and technical care, which can be very stressful for parents. Awareness of the importance of parents' role while their child is receiving critical care is vital to deliver care within a family-centered philosophy that is mutually beneficial to parents and nurses. This descriptive correlational study examined the relationships between and among parental perception of Family-Centered Care (FCC) nursing practices, parental beliefs regarding their role and their hospitalized child, and parental stress during their child's admission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). This study utilized the Family-Centered Care theoretical framework to examine these relationships and obtain a better understanding of the antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of family-centered care in the hospitalized child.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 29392291; ProQuest document ID: 2719404483. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kelly Keefe-Marcoux, PhD

Sigma Membership

Nu Beta at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Pediatric Critical Care, Parents of Hospitalized Children, Pediatric Nurses, Children with Medical Complexity

Advisor

Judith Lothain

Second Advisor

Katherine Hinic

Third Advisor

Kristi Stinson

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Seton Hall University

Degree Year

2022

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-06-26

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