Abstract:
The purposes of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effect of educative-supportive nursing system on childcare behaviors of caregivers in toddler with pneumonia. The educative-supportive nursing system theory of Orem (2001) was used to guide the study. Subjects were composed of 40 caregivers of toddler with pneumonia, assigned to a control group and an experimental group. The first 20 caregivers were assigned to the control group, and the last 20 caregivers were in the experimental group. Subjects in these two groups were match paired by education level, caregivers experience of caring for toddler with pneumonia and family characteristic. The experimental group received routine nursing care and educative - supportive nursing system. The control group received routine nursing care. The intervention included lesson plans, flip charts and handbook. The instrument for collecting data was the behaviors interview tool. They was tested for content validity by five experts and reliability. Cronbachs alpha coefficients of the behaviors interview tool was .71. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and t-test statistics. Major findings were as follows: 1. The mean score of childcare behaviors of caregivers in toddler with pneumonia of the experimental group who received the educative -supportive nursing system were significantly higher than those of the control group who received routine nursing care, at the level of .05. 2. The mean score of childcare behaviors of caregivers in toddler with pneumonia after receiving the educative -supportive nursing system, were significantly higher than before receiving the educative -supportive nursing system, at the level of .05.