Perception of the meaning of the caretaker's function for a group of nurses is caretakers: convergences are divergences in its speeches

Abstract

This study review the of role the caretaker at the pediatric unit while the child is in hospital. The opinions of caretaker and nurses were surveyed as for the role that the participating family member would have during their stay along with the child in hospital. Data were gathered between April and June 1997 in units allowing for children to stay together with caretaker, at state hospitals. The interviews with the groups were separated by menu of the stafement analysis, based on the studies by COSTA (1992), and FRIEDMAN (1986), which allowed us to determine six categories: Security & Protection, Caretaking, Recovery, Knowledge, Supervisionn and Guidance, which in turn allowed us to study, although in a modest fashion, the agrements and disagreements regarding how our interviewews perceive the role of the caretaker.