Föräldrars upplevelser av att leva med ett cancersjukt barn: En litteraturstudie
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Parents´ experiences of living with a child with cancer (English)
Abstract [en]
Background When a child is diagnosed with cancer, it affects the whole family, not least the parents. The parents can feel multiple different feelings, and each parent´s reaction to the situation is individual. It is the nurse´s job to identify and pay attention to the parent´s wellbeing during their hospital visits and to act on the individual needs of each parent.
Aim The aim of this study was to describe parents’ experiences of living with a child with cancer.
Method The method that has been used is a literature study which has included systematic searches and a quality assessment.
Results The themes present different kind of feelings and changes that occur of the parents´ with their child´s cancer diagnosis. How the situation affects their social lives, their economics, the parents´ suffering, hope, dare to trust someone else, impotence, and the parents´ responsibility and treatments were presented. The study has three main themes where the first main theme is “Everyday changes”. This main theme includes two subthemes; “The social life” and “Economic impact”. The second main theme is “Feelings of the parents´” which includesfour subthemes; “Suffering”, “Hope”, “Dare to trust someone else” and “Impotence”. The third and last main theme is “Care of the sick child” which has two identified subthemes; “Parental responsibility” and “Treatments”.
Conclusion Parents experience all types of feelings from hope to devastation during this time of their child´s sickness. A good relationship between the parents and the nurse is one of the most important aspects in this case and each parent is in need of individual support depending on what needs they have and therefore the nurse has to look after what each and every individual parent need. To achieve this the nurse have to get an understanding of what these parents go through.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 20
Keywords [en]
Nurse, parents’ experiences, pediatric oncology, support
National Category
Nursing Cancer and Oncology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18267Local ID: EXO502OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18267DiVA, id: diva2:1650395
Subject / course
Nursing science
Educational program
Nursing Programme
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-04-132022-04-072022-04-13Bibliographically approved