ABSTRAK
Tesis ini membahas tentang peran serta orang tua dan dampak hospitalisasi anakprasekolah yang dirawat di RSU RA. Kartini Jepara. Hospitalisasi dapatmenimbulkan krisis pada kehidupan anak. Peran orang tua sangat dibutuhkanuntuk meminimalkan dampak hospitalisasi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitianstudi korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Uji hipotesis jenis kelamin,pengalaman dirawat, orang tua, pendidikan orang tua, pekerjaan orang tua,pengalaman merawat anak dan peran serta orang tua dengan dampak hospitalisasimenggunakan chi-square. Pada pengujian hipotesis usia orang tua dan dampakhospitalisasi menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney. Hasil penelitian menyarankanbahwa perawat perlu melibatkan orang tua dalam proses asuhan keperawatan.Asuhan keperawatan yang diberikan kepada anak sebaiknya berdasarkan prinsipatraumatic care dan Family Centered Care.

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ABSTRACT
This thesis discusses the parent participation and the impact of preschooler?shospitalization who were treated in RSUD RA Kartini Jepara. Hospitalization cancause a crisis in the lives of children. Parent participation is needed to minimizethe hospitalization impact. This research is a correlation study with cross sectionalapproach. The hypothesis testing of sex, the experience of being treated, theparents, parental education, parental employment, children care experience andthe parent?s role with the impact of hospitalization using the chi-square. At thehypothesis testing parents age and the hospitalization impact using the Mann-Whitney test. The results suggest that nurses need to involve parents in theprocess of nursing care. Nursing care provided to children should be based on theprinciple of a traumatic care and Family Centered Care.