Abstract
This retrospective study explored parents, view of nursing care during their childís anaesthesia and recovery from it. Sample: 104 parents whose children had received day surgery at the Ear-Nose-Throte department, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital: the response rate was 75%. The result showed that on the whole parents were satisfied with the way their child was received and the way in which they themselves were treated. In general, the way that the staff treated the children was said to be better than the way staff treated the parents. Seventy-three percent of the parents expressed satisfaction that they felt calm, safe and well-informed, and also that their child was calm taken good care of, well-informed and well îlooked after«Qby the staff. However, 61% of the parents were dissatified with for example the lack of information, poor (unsatisfactory) treatment by the staff, and also the enviroment (i.e. the waiting room, the equipment of the recovery room and the lack of privacy. Thirty-two percent of the parents felt anxiety or restlessness during the time before the child was operated on, 45% during the time at the hospital, and 13% on the returning home.