EFFECT OF FAMILY-CENTERED CARE IMPLEMENTATION ON REDUCING PARENTAL STRESS IN THE GARDENIA ROOM AT MUHAMMAD SANI HOSPITAL, 2024

Hospitalizing a child can be a very stressful experience for parents and can cause stress. From the results of interviews with 5 parents, it was found that most experienced symptoms of stress such as changes in diet, sleep and fatigue, while observation results showed various behaviors such as daydreaming, using smartphones when looking after children, and speaking in a commanding tone to nurses. This research was conducted to determine the effect of implementation family centered care on hospitalization stress in parents with children being treated in the Gardenia room at Muhammad Sani Regional Hospital in 2024. This research was conducted in July 2024 with 42 parents as respondents. The experimental research method that will be used is research design Pre-Experimental Design. Average parental stress level before intervention Family Centered Care (FCC) in the Gardenia room at Muhammad Sani Regional Hospital in 2024 was 18.54 and after intervention it was 12.61. Effect test results using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test obtained a significance value of 0.000 <0.05 so it can be concluded that there is an influence of implementation family centered care on hospitalization stress in parents with children being treated in the Gardenia room at Muhammad Sani Regional Hospital in 2024.