Nursing student's experiences of the implementation of family-centered care protocol in pediatrics

Clinical education is considered one of the most important parts of nursing education. We have little interest in family-centered care and education of students. This study was conducted to aim "investigate the nursing student experiences of family-centered care in 2013year". Participants in the study were 8 nursing students sixth semester that selected purposely. The principles and concepts of family-centered care and teaching of nursing process based on these principles has been developed and implemented with the participation. The student's experiences of teaching family-centered care were examined. Interviews with eight nursing students were saturated with these experiences were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. based on analysis of data from three main categories were obtained:main category of welcomes student's experiences of teaching with the following three subcategories consisted of and new and attractiveness of family centered care, sense of intimate connection between theory and practice, reduce stress and the main category the barriers to implementing family-centered care with the following four sub categories consisted of staff shortages, lack of time, space and personnel awareness of the inappropriateness of the concept of family-centered cared. The main category, the need to implement family-centered care with three sub-categories consisted of the necessity of change space, personnel training and necessity to attention the parents. family-centered care is caused health family and infant improving and it increased student satisfaction. Also family-centered care is a priority for the Ministry of Health. It has been recommended the theory and practice of family centered care might be added in Undergraduate Courses.