Nursing Care Received by Disabled Children During Emergency Admissions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An exploration of the views of disabled children and their parents on the extent to which nurses meet their needs during acute emergency and inpatient admissions.
IRAS ID
146363
Contact name
Clare Austen
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Surrey
Research summary
The number of children with disabilities is increasing. Children with disabilities account for a higher number of acute emergency admissions and remain as inpatients for a longer period of time, compared to children without disability.
Current evidence demonstrates that nurses in the acute setting are not meeting the needs of disabled children and their families adequately during these admissions. Recent literature addresses parental and nursing views, but there is little evidence directly from children. Evidence indicates the importance of family centred care, but also that there is an over- reliance by staff on the parents of these children. This includes meeting the child’s additional needs and incorporates communication and nursing care. Parents are delivering most of the personal and nursing care themselves during their child’s hospitalization. This qualitative project proposes the use of semi structured interviews to explore the views of disabled children and their parents regarding the nursing care they received during recent acute hospital admissions. Results will then be presented to focus groups of nursing staff for their reflections and views on how models of care can be improved to this vulnerable group.REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1065
Date of REC Opinion
28 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion