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Title: | Using appreciative inquiry to bring neonatal nurses and parents together to enhance family-centred care: A collaborative workshop | Contributor(s): | Trajkovski, Suza (author); Schmied, Virginia (author); Vickers, Margaret (author); Jackson, Debra (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | DOI: | 10.1177/1367493513508059 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18877 | Abstract: | Family-centred care (FCC) has been well recognised, accepted and reported in the literature as an optimised way of caring for hospitalised children. While neonatal units strive to adopt this philosophy, published research suggests there are difficulties implementing FCC principles in daily practice. Appreciative inquiry (AI) is a philosophy and methodology that offers a unique, strength-based approach to promoting organisational learning and positive organisational change. As a participatory approach, AI facilitates change from the ground up and lends itself to building effective partnerships or collaborations. This article reports the findings of a one-day workshop using an AI methodology to bring neonatal nurses and parents together to enhance the FCC within a neonatal intensive care unit in Sydney, Australia. Participants (n = 15) developed collaborative insights of optimal FCC that can be built upon to support neonates and their families in the future. Shared visions were formed, strategies identified and a development plan made for ongoing collaborations and partnerships. AI provides a flexible framework that enables the mandatory collaboration needed to develop action plans that can form the catalyst for organizational change in healthcare research and practice. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Child Health Care, 19(2), p. 239-253 | Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1741-2889 1367-4935 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920210 Nursing | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200307 Nursing | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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