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Development of Professional Practice Based on a Family Systems Nursing Framework: Nurses’ and Families’ Experiences

Karen LeGrow, R.N., M.N.

The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

Beth Ellen Rossen, R.N., M.Sc.

University of Toronto, Bloorview MacMillan Children’s Centre

The purpose of this evaluation project was to elicit nurses’and families’ experiences about differences and changes for nurses and families and the familynurse relationship when a family systems nursing approach was used to guide practice. Following nurses’ involvement in an educational workshop, the evaluation examined changes in nurses’and families’ experiences over an 8-week period of a child’s hospitalization in a pediatric rehabilitation center. A total of 17 nurses and 13 parents participated in the project. Nurses and parents completed questionnaires and participated in semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Nurses completed journals reflecting on their interactions with families. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Findings indicate that a family systems nursing approach had a positive impact on how nurses viewed their nursing practice and their work with families, thereby enhancing family-nurse relationships. Such findings have relevance to clinical nursing practice, professional development, and evaluation research design.

Key Words: family systems nursing • family nursing • pediatric nursing • evaluation • staff development

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 1, 38-58 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840704273508
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