Levels of Partnership between Nurses and Parents of Hospitalized Children and the Quality of Pediatric Nursing Care as Perceived by Nurses

This study investigated the relationship of the partnership between nurses and parents of hospitalized children with the quality of pediatric nursing care as perceived by pediatric nurses. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 90 nurses. The data collected were analyzed using the independent t-test and the Pearson correlation coefficient. The level of partnership between nurses and parents showed significant differences by nurses' age (t=2.22, =.029) and marital status (t=2.54, =.013). The quality of pediatric nursing care was found to significantly differ by the nurses' age (t=2.62, =.013), marital status (t=4.17,