Family Empowerment and Use in Pediatric Nursing

Öz

The aim of this review is to explain the importance of empowerment the family which is very important in terms of family and nursing care, the benefits to the family, the child and the health care workers, and to provide concrete suggestions for implementation steps and application in pediatric nursing. Empowering the family, which enables the elimination of internal and external forces during stressful periods of the family, contributes positively to both families and nurses. When nurses focus on the strengths of the patient and family in their care, they start empowerment-based care. Pediatric nurses, who take care of the empowerment of the family and play an active role for this purpose, help the child and the family to maintain their hopes for the future, to meet their needs, to maintain family functionality, to access resources and information. In addition, nurses using this approach find their own self more easily, get more satisfaction from the profession and life, collect more comprehensive data about the patient and family, and provide effective care. For this reason, it is recommended that pediatric nurses adopt the family empowerment approach in care practices, develop an assessment tool to measure family empowerment, and increase their knowledge and experience in this area.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Family
• Child
• Parent
• Empowerment
• Pediatry
• Nurse

Ailenin Güçlendirilmesi ve Pediatri Hemşireliğinde Uygulanması

Öz

Derleme tipinde olan bu makalenin amacı aile ve hemşirelik bakımı açısından oldukça önemli olan ailenin güçlendirilmesinin önemini, aileye, çocuğa ve sağlık çalışanlarına olan yararlarını açıklamak, uygulama adımları ve pediatri hemşireliğinde uygulanmasına ilişkin somut öneriler sunmaktır. Ailenin stresli dönemlerinde içsel ve dışsal güçlerini ortaya çıkarmayı sağlayan ailenin güçlendirilmesi hem ailelere hem de hemşirelere olumlu katkıda bulunur. Hemşireler bakımlarında hastanın ve ailenin güçlü yanlarına odaklandıklarında güçlendirme temelli bakımı başlatmış olurlar. Ailenin güçlendirilmesini önemseyen ve bu amaçla aktif rol alan pediatri hemşireleri çocuk ve ailenin gelecek için umutlarını sürdürmelerine, gereksinimlerini karşılamaya, aile işlevselliğinin devamlılığına, kaynaklara ve bilgiye ulaşmalarına yardımcı olur. Ayrıca bu yaklaşımı kullanan hemşireler, kendi benliklerini daha kolay bulur, meslekten ve yaşamdan daha fazla doyum alır, hasta ve ailesi hakkında daha kapsamlı veri toplar ve etkin bakım verir. Bu nedenle pediatri hemşirelerinin, bakım uygulamalarında ailenin güçlendirilmesi yaklaşımını benimsemeleri, ailenin güçlenmesini ölçmek için değerlendirme aracı geliştirmeleri ve bu konudaki bilgi ve deneyimlerini arttırmaları önerilir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Aile
• Çocuk
• Ebeveyn
• Güçlendirilme
• Pediyatri
• Hemşire

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