Immigrant families´ perceptions of rehabilitation in children´s neurological unit
Aalto, Kristiina (2017)
Aalto, Kristiina
Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017112418044
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017112418044
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Aalto, Kristiina. Immigrant families´ perceptions of rehabilitation in children´s neurological unit. 52 p. 3 appendices. Language: English. Helsinki, Fall 2017. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences. Master´s Degree in Global Health Care.
The purpose of this thesis is to present some of the perceptions that immigrant families have of rehabilitation in the children´s neurological unit. The target group of the research were immigrant families with a disabled child, who come for a rehabilitation assessment to the unit. The research will help nurses´ to understand the immigrant families´ perceptions of rehabilitation and to develop nursing and the working policies in the unit. The results of the research and thesis will be presented to the multiprofessional staff of the neurological unit. The staff can then evaluate how the results benefit the development of nursing and working policies in the unit. Based on the results of the research, parents´ perceptions can be taken better into consideration when assessing and planning the need for rehabilitation, since parents have a big impact on it. The research will also help to develop the culturally sensitive rehabilitation on the children of immigrant families.
The theoretical background used for this thesis was Leininger´s transcultural care theory, Giger & Davidhizar´s transcultural assessment model and the international ethical instructions developed by ICN – the International Council of Nurses. These theories and guidelines were the frame of the research, and the need for this thesis topic can be justified with the help of these guidelines.
The data was collected through five semi-structured interviews with immigrant parents, whose children were being assessed at the time in the neurological unit in a university hospital. The interviews took place in February-March 2017 in the children´s neurological unit. Content analysis was used as a data analysis method.
The results were formed in four categories that are included in an environment of disabled children and their families: 1) importance of rehabilitation, 2) the role of the neurological unit, 3) the meaning of family and parents and 4) hopes and fears of the future. These categories represent the perceptions that the immigrant families have of rehabilitation. According to the results, the families wanted more information about their child´s condition, development and disability. The child´s independence and future as a disabled person were subjects that the families were reflecting considerably.
The purpose of this thesis is to present some of the perceptions that immigrant families have of rehabilitation in the children´s neurological unit. The target group of the research were immigrant families with a disabled child, who come for a rehabilitation assessment to the unit. The research will help nurses´ to understand the immigrant families´ perceptions of rehabilitation and to develop nursing and the working policies in the unit. The results of the research and thesis will be presented to the multiprofessional staff of the neurological unit. The staff can then evaluate how the results benefit the development of nursing and working policies in the unit. Based on the results of the research, parents´ perceptions can be taken better into consideration when assessing and planning the need for rehabilitation, since parents have a big impact on it. The research will also help to develop the culturally sensitive rehabilitation on the children of immigrant families.
The theoretical background used for this thesis was Leininger´s transcultural care theory, Giger & Davidhizar´s transcultural assessment model and the international ethical instructions developed by ICN – the International Council of Nurses. These theories and guidelines were the frame of the research, and the need for this thesis topic can be justified with the help of these guidelines.
The data was collected through five semi-structured interviews with immigrant parents, whose children were being assessed at the time in the neurological unit in a university hospital. The interviews took place in February-March 2017 in the children´s neurological unit. Content analysis was used as a data analysis method.
The results were formed in four categories that are included in an environment of disabled children and their families: 1) importance of rehabilitation, 2) the role of the neurological unit, 3) the meaning of family and parents and 4) hopes and fears of the future. These categories represent the perceptions that the immigrant families have of rehabilitation. According to the results, the families wanted more information about their child´s condition, development and disability. The child´s independence and future as a disabled person were subjects that the families were reflecting considerably.