2022 Volume 31 Pages 18-25
The aim of this study was to determine the implications of mothers’ behavior when they accompany their children under two years of age for blood sampling, and to present a support model for such events. The subjects were three pairs of mothers and their children under two years of age undergoing blood sampling. Non-participatory observations of blood sampling situations and semi-structured interviews with the mothers were conducted. The study design used episode description as a method to approach others’ thoughts and intentions, which is essential in nursing. The mothers attending their children first played a “maternal role”. However, they shifted to a “helping role” when they were asked to restrain their children. Subsequently, however, they played these roles simultaneously, tightly embracing their children so they would not move. Thus, three scenes were confirmed in the mothers’ behavior: “maternal role”, “helping role”, and the combination of these roles. These results indicated the necessity of a support model for nurses to practice that would allow mothers to exercise the “maternal role” while playing the “helping role.”
