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Making decisions: involving parents as partners in care

Lesley M Sheldon, MSc BSc (Hons), RGN, RSCN, DipNEd

St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, 20 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 70N

{blacksquare} There is little research on how individual nurses involve parents as partners in care during their child's hospitalisation

{blacksquare} What importance do nurses give to certain variables when considering parents as partners in care?

{blacksquare} How do nurses use and evaluate information to make a judgement about the parent's capability to participate in the care of their children?

{blacksquare} How consistent are the judgements between nurses and across similar situations?

{blacksquare} How accurate are these judgements in assessing a parent's willingness and competence to participate in the care of their children at any given time?

{blacksquare} Nurses need to be more analytical in their approach to decision making in relation to parental participation

Key Words: Clinical decision making • Cognitive continuum • Partnership in care • Policy capturing models

Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 1, No. 4, 172-177 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/136749359700100404
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