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Parental involvement into pediatric hospital care and interaction
of parents with hospital staff are issues that are currently
discussed by many specialists. In this respect, it is possible
to refer to the article by Britt Marie Ygge and Judith E.
Arnetz in which the authors amply discuss the involvement
of parents in hospital care. Basically, the researchers underline
that the participation of parents in hospital care can affect
the state of chronically ill children. At the same time, the
authors raise the problem regarding the perspective of making
parents involvement more effective in hospital care since,
being uncontrolled and unregulated, parents involvement may
be harmful to chidlren’s health, while, in contrast,
being under control and agreement with medical staff, this
involvement may produce a positive effect, though, it is worthy
of noting that this problem still needs further researches.
At the same time, the problem of interaction of parents and
hospital staff is another problem that needs further researches.
It is possible to refer to researches by B.M. Ygge, C. Lindholm,
and J. Arnetz, concerning hospital staff perception of parental
involvement, and by H.J.E. Espezel and C.J. Canam, concerning
parents-nurses interaction. Both researches are related to
one and the same problem of interactions of parents and hospital
parents in cases of parental involvement. Basically, the researchers
conclude that the interaction of parents and hospital staff
may be really effective but it still lacks cooperation from
the part of healthcare professionals, though in some cases,
such as in interaction of oncology staff and parents, the
parental involvement may be appreciated by hospital staff.
This is why this problem also need to be researched in depth.
Finally, I. Kristenssen-Hallstrom and G. Ellander raise another
important problem concerning the apprehensions of parents
in relation to hospitalization of their children. The researches
attempt to find the most effective strategies to make parents
secure while their children are hospitalized. Even though
the authors defined several strategies, obviously, it will
be possible to find more strategies if further researches
are conducted.
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