The family living the child recovery process after hospital discharge.

Objective: to understand the meaning attributed by the family to its experience in the recovery process of a child affected by an acute disease after discharge, and to develop a theoretical model of this experience. Symbolic interactionism was adopted as a theoretical reference, and grounded theory was adopted as a methodological reference.

Method: data were collected through interviews and participant observation with 11 families, totaling 15 interviews.

[Family-centered care and its application in pediatric nursing].

Family-centered care is a challenge for nursing area, although the home care was described in the professional history since its origins. The definition of this approach, its principles and the discussion about its application in pediatric nursing are described in the text aiming to lead to a reflection about the possibilities of family care, by means of attention to the individual and to the family unit. Among the several areas, the pediatric nursing is highlighted with researches and the development of theoretical assumptions.

Maternal-infant bonding and the mother's participation during venipuncture: a psychoanalytic perspective.

Professionals discuss accompanying mothers' participation during painful procedures as a possibility of care to mother and child, but there is no consensus on this subject. To contribute to this topic, this study addresses the child's needs during venipuncture in a hospital environment and the mother's participation in this procedure, based on authors from psychoanalysis and mother-child bonding.

[Trying to maintain the equilibrium to serve their demands and take care of hospitalized children: the family experience].

The purposes of this qualitative study were to understand the meaning of the interactions experienced by the family during a child's hospitalization, identify the family's demands and construct a theoretical model representing this experience. Symbolic Interactionism was adopted as a theoretical and Grounded Theory as a methodological reference framework. Data were collected by means of observation and interviews with five families of children hospitalized due to acute disease with a good prognosis.