Caring in the pediatric nursing in Slovenia

6^th World Nursing and Healthcare Conference

August 15-17, 2016 London, UK

Barbara Kegl and Majda Pajnkihar

University of Maribor, Slovenia

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Caring for a person has to be a core basic value of the member of nursing team, as care work is carried out by the people for the people. Caring nursing, care treatment and good interpersonal relations offer patients safety, maintaining dignity, humanity, integrity and acceptance. The empirical research is based on quantitative methodology. We used a validated questionnaire (Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale) for members of the nursing team and for parents of hospitalized children. A structured survey questionnaire contained 70 claims classified in 10 Caritas processes. We found out that members of the nursing team on average estimate themselves very well on all 70 claims, while parents� estimation of their work was not so good. The study of a network of human relations that make up a part of everyday life is interesting to sociology and health care. In her theory (Theory on Human Caring Science) Jean Watson stressed the importance of care and interpersonal relationships, which are of the utmost importance in nursing, but still difficult to implement in the abundance of tasks and pressures often felt by the members of the nursing team in the workplace.

Biography :

Barbara Kegl has completed her MSc from University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. She is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Since 2005, she has been employed at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Maribor as a Lecturer for the subject Pediatric Nursing Care and Dispensary Nursing. She is also a tutor and mentor for graduate works. She actively participates in many international and domestic conferences and congresses in nursing and management. The results of her scientific and research works published in domestic and foreign journals.

Email: barbara.kegl@um.si