Data extract | Initial code | Refined code | Preliminary theme | Main theme |
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“The hospital management queried the mother staying with the child, so I said no this is the paeds ward, the mother and the baby need to stay together.” | Nursing practices associated with mothers’ presence | Mothers who stay | Mothers who stay: b) why do they stay | Preserving the mother-child pair |
“The mother must see whatever we [nurses] do to the child and must master the care of the child that she would even be able to continue at home.” | Underpinning rationales and values | Approaches to working with families to care for children | Equipping mothers to care | Belief and trust |
“It is also easy to observe if the mother is doing anything [not right] and then give education there and then and to create that bond with the child.” | Nursing practices associated with mothers’ presence | What nurses do | Teaching and educating | Sharing knowledge |
“It is difficult to give medication to a child, it can take up to 15 min to give medication to one child, but with mother around it is so easy because the mother knows how to make their child to take medication, so it is working for [all of] us.” | Underpinning rationales and values | What mothers do | Mothers as a resource | Mothers as a capable resource |