Observance of independence in nursing care based on opinious of hospitalized teenagers in pediatrics hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences during 2008

one of basic principles in observance of patient right, is respect for independence, that careless of by nurses inparalell with limitation of physical ability arised from disease and hospitalization can causes situational, crisis in patient. This study aimed to assess the observance of independence in hospitalized teenagers during nursing care. In this descriptive study, the data were collected using convenience method sampling of 180, 12-18 years old hospitalized teenagers in hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences which had criteria for enaeving is the study. Demographic data and observance of indenendeuce were collected by a questioner which was filled out by attended. Data we analysis with SPSS software and using man-whitney u and kruskal-wallis tests. More than one third of the studied teenagers (36.1%) were between 14-15 years old; more than half of them were males (53.3%). Findings shown from view paints Most of teeagers (66/7%) observance of their independence through nursing care is moderate. From view points of teenagers, t he most observanced expression about independence was phrases “presence of the favorite person as companion” and the least observance phrases were “choosing the bed and the room location with the teenager’s opinion”and “change the nurse if there is a tendency for”. Furthermore, results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between adolescents` perceptions and observance of their independence in demographic variables such as age, experience of hospitalization, number of hospitalizations, cause of hospitalization, duration of illness and duration of hospitalization. The findings of this study indicated from view of teenagers observance of their independence through nursing care is low. Furthermore planning of educational courses for nurses about importance of independence and observance of it suggested.