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    Rethinking family-centred care for the child and family in hospital

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    Tallon, M.
    Kendall, Garth
    Snider, P.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tallon, M. and Kendall, G. and Snider, P. 2015. Rethinking family-centred care for the child and family in hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 24 (9-10): pp. 1426-1435.
    Source Title
    Journal of Clinical Nursing
    DOI
    10.1111/jocn.12799
    ISSN
    0962-1067
    School
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32815
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Aims and objectives: This paper presents and discusses an alternative model of family-centred care (FCC) that focuses on optimising the health and developmental outcomes of children through the provision of appropriate support to the child's family. Background: The relevance, meaning and effectiveness of FCC have been challenged recently. Studies show that parents in hospital often feel unsupported, judged by hospital staff and uncertain about what care they should give to their child. With no convincing evidence relating FCC to improved child health outcomes, it has been suggested that FCC should be replaced with a new improved model to guide the care of children in hospital. Design: This integrative review discusses theory and evidence-based literature that supports the practice of an alternative model of FCC that is focused on the health and developmental outcomes of children who are seriously ill, rather than the organisational requirements of children's hospitals. Methods: Theories and research findings in a wide range of disciplines including epidemiology, psychology, sociology, anthropology and neuroscience were accessed for this discussion. Nursing literature regarding partnership building, communication and FCC was also accessed. Discussion: This paper discusses the benefits of applying a bioecological model of human development, the family and community resource framework, the concepts of allostatic load and biological embedding, empowerment theory, and the nurse-family partnership model to FCC. Conclusion: While there is no direct evidence showing that the implementation of this alternative model of FCC in the hospital setting improves the health and developmental outcomes of children who are seriously ill, there is a great deal of evidence from community nursing practice that suggests it is very likely to do so. Relevance to clinical practice: Application of these theoretical concepts to practice has the potential to underpin a theory of nursing that is relevant for all nurses irrespective of the age of those they care for and the settings within which they work.

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