The key elements towards the construction of self-care nursing theory in children

Abstract

  The purpose of this study was to extract the necessary components for constructing the self-care nursing theory for children. Two groups interview had been conducted with educator and practitioner groups. Interview date had been documented and analyzed by the researcher group. The result of iterative content analysis eights components was extracted. Those were “self care appropriate child development” “capturing child as an enable agent” “ability of child as an agent” “meaning of dependency and deficit for the child” “ability of dependent care agent” “culture of child rearing and AMAE” “child and parent relationship” “role of parent”. In order to proceed for development of the theory, description of those components in understandable explanation and making clear framework of theory.