Actitudes de los profesionales de enfermería ante la participación familiar en los cuidados de los pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados / Nursing attitude about the family involvement in hospitalized children care

INTRODUCCIÓN. La familia es una unidad que se caracteriza por las relaciones entre sus miembros. La interdependencia entre ellos presupone, en temas de salud, que los cuidados serán más eficientes si se dirigen al sistema familiar como unidad. En este sentido, el impacto de la enfermedad y, con ello, un ingreso hospitalario, impulsa al equipo de enfermería a incluir la familia en los cuidados de salud. Las enfermeras consideran que su relación con las familias, en ocasiones, no es fácil, lo que genera diferentes actitudes hacia ellas y a plantearse la posibilidad de permitir su participación en los cuidados. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las actitudes de los profesionales ante la involucración de la familia en los cuidados de los pacientes. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO. Se realizó un estudio observacional transversal dirigido a los profesionales de enfermería del Departamento Materno-Infantil del Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM). Se utilizó el cuestionario «Importancia de la familia en los cuidados de enfermería: Actitudes de las enfermeras». RESULTADOS. La mayoría de los profesionales, principalmente los pertenecientes a unidades de hospitalización de pacientes con patología crónica, consideran la familia parte de los cuidados de los pacientes, y encuentran que la buena relación con ellos les proporciona satisfacción en su trabajo, sin diferencia entre categorías. Más de la mitad de los profesionales de las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos (UCIP) consideran que la presencia de la familia les genera estrés. CONCLUSIONES. La diferencia en la actitud de los profesionales está relacionada con el tiempo que estos pasan con las familias y la tecnificación de los cuidados (AU)

INTRODUCTION. Family it’s a unit which is characterized by the relationship between its members, the interdependence between them in health, presupposes that care will be more efficient if targeted the family system as a unit. In that fact the impact of illness and hospitalization drives the nursing staff to include the family in health care. Nurses think their relationship with families is not easy, which generates different attitudes towards them and present the possibility to allow its participation in care. The aim of this research was to analyze the attitudes of these professionals in the family involvement in patients care. MATERIAL AND METHODS. A descriptive cross-sectional study was applied to the nursing staff in Pediatric Department of a the university general hospital Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), in Madrid, Spain. The data was collected using the «Families’ Importance in nursing care: Nurse´s attitudes scale». RESULTS. Most of the professionals, mostly units of patients with chronic disease, take into consideration the family like a resource in nursing care, finding that a good relationship with families give them job satisfaction, without differences between categories. More than half of the professionals from the units of pediatric intensive care (PICU) considered that the presence of the family generates stress. CONCLUSIONS. The difference in the attitude of professionals is related to the time they spent with families and technification of the care (AU)

[Nursing Attitude About the Family Involvement in Hospitalized Children Care]. / Actitudes de los profesionales de enfermería ante la participación familiar en los cuidados de los pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados.

Introduction: Family it's a unit which is characterized by the relationship between its members, the interdependence between them in health, presupposes that care will be more efficient if targeted the family system as a unit. In that fact the impact of illness and hospitalization drives the nursing staff to include the family in health care. Nurses think their relationship with families is not easy, which generates different attitudes towards them and present the possibility to allow its participation in care. The aim of this research was to analyze the attitudes of these professionals in the family involvement in patients care. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was applied to the nursing staff in Pediatric Department of the University General Hospital Gregorio Maranon (HGUGM), in Madrid, Spain. The data was collected using the "Families' Importance in nursing care: Nurse's attitude scale". Results: Most of the professionals, mostly units of patients with chronic disease, take into consideration the family like a resource in nursing care, finding that a good relationship with families give them job satisfaction, without differences between categories. More than half of the professionals from the units of pediatric intensive care (PICU) considered that the presence of the family generates stress. Conclusions: The difference in the attitude of professionals is related to the time they spent with families and technification of the care.