The hospitalization of children requires collaboration between parents and nurses in partnerships.\nThis study examines parentsâ?? and nursesâ?? experiences of ideal collaboration in treatment-centered and home-like\ncare of hospitalized preschool children.\nMethods: This qualitative study is part of a larger study of 12 parents and 17 nurses who were responsible\nfor 11 hospitalized children. Data collection took place at a Norwegian general paediatric unit, and the data\nwere gathered from observations of and qualitative interviews with the parents and nurses. The analysis was\nconducted in six steps, in alignment with Braun and Clarke.\nResults: Two essential themes emerged from the analysis. (1) Treatment-centered care focuses on the\nfollowing tasks in building relationships â?? gaining trust, securing - gaining voluntariness, distracting and\ncomforting, and securing and gaining voluntariness. The purpose of treatment-centered care is to perform\ndiagnostic procedures and offer treatment. (2) Home-like care, the purpose of which is to manage a childâ??s\neveryday situations in an unfamiliar environment, focuses on the following tasks: making familiar meals,\nmaintaining normal sleeping patterns, adjusting to washing and dressing in new situations, and normalizing\nthe time in between. From this pattern, we chose two narratives that capture the essence of ideal collaboration\nbetween parents and nurses.\nConclusion: The ideal collaboration between nurses and parents is characterized by flexibility and reciprocity, and is\nbased on verbal and action dialogues. In treatment-centered care, parent-nurse collaboration was successful in its flow\nand dynamic, securing the childrenâ??s best interests. Meanwhile, the achievement of the childrenâ??s best interest within\nhome-like care varied according to the level of collaboration, which in turn was related to the complexity of the\nchildrenâ??s everyday situations.
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