Parents' perspectives on supporting children during needle-related medical procedures.
When children endure needle-related medical procedures (NRMPs), different emotions arise for the child and his/her parents. Despite the parents' own feelings, they have a key role in supporting their child through these procedures. The aim of this study is to describe the meanings of supporting children during NRMPs from the perspective of the parents. Twenty-one parents participated in this study. A reflective lifeworld research (RLR) approach was used and phenomenological analysis was applied. The essential meaning of the phenomenon-supporting children during an NRMP-is characterized as "keeping the child under the protection of one's wings," sometimes very close and sometimes a little further out under the wingtips. The essential meaning is additionally described through its constituents: paying attention to the child's way of expressing itself, striving to maintain control, facilitating the child's understanding, focusing the child's attention, seeking additional support, and rewarding the child. The conclusion is that parents' ability to be supportive can be affected when seeing their child undergo an NRMP. To regain the role as the child's protector and to be able to keep the child "under the protection of one's wings," parents need support from the staff.
['Karlsson|Katarina|K|', 'Englund|Ann-Charlotte Dalheim|AC|', 'Enskär|Karin|K|', 'Rydström|Ingela|I|']
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological D000328:Adult D002648:Child D002675:Child, Preschool D006801:Humans D007267:Injections D008297:Male D010287:Parent-Child Relations D016487:Parenting D010290:Parents D010371:Pediatric Nursing D013315:Stress, Psychological D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D013548:Sweden
Needle-related medical procedures reflective lifeworld research phenomenology caring science lived experience younger children