Title

A Pedagogical Framework for Facilitating Parents’ Learning in Nurse-Parent Partnership

Date

2017

Author(s)

Nick Hopwood, Teena Clerke, and Anne Nguyen

Brief Type

Journal Publication

Model(s)

  • Other Models

Description

Nursing work increasingly demands forms of expertise that complement specialist knowledge. In child and family nursing, this need arises when nurses work in partnership with parents of young children at risk. Partnership means working with parents in respectful, negotiated and empowering ways. Existing partnership literature emphasizes communicative and relational skills, but this paper focuses on nurses' capacities to facilitate parents' learning. Referring to data from home visiting, day-stay and specialist toddler clinic services in Sydney, a pedagogical framework is presented. Analysis shows how nurses notice aspects of children, parents and parent-child interactions as a catalyst for building on parents' strengths, enhancing guided chance or challenging unhelpful constructs. Prior research shows the latter can be a sticking point in partnership, but this paper reveals diverse ways in which challenges are folded into learning process that position parents as agents of positive change. Noticing is dependent on embodied and communicative expertise, conceptualized in terms of sensory and reported channels. The framework offers a new view of partnership as mind-expanding for the parent and specifies the nurse's role in facilitating this process. (author abstract)

Data Collection Methods

  • Participant observations

Status

For More Information

Hopwood, N., Clerke, T., & Nguyen, A. (2017). A pedagogical framework for facilitating parents' learning in nurse-parent partnership. Nursing Inquiry, 25(1).
doi: 10.1111/nin.12220
Author contact information:
Nick Hopwood
nick.hopwood@uts.edu.au

Topics

  • Home Visiting Workforce Characteristics and Workforce Development
  • Program Enhancements, Innovations, and Promising Approaches
  • Program Quality, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Fidelity