[The joint hospitalization of mother and child at the Hospital das Clínicas of the State University of Campinas. The assessment of a group of mothers].

This investigation is a field study involving 84 mothers who participated in the rooming-in program in the Pediatric Ward at the University Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas São Paulo. The purpose of the study was to identify the mother's opinions concerning the hospitalization of their children under the rooming-in program, as well as to make a contribution towards the improvement of planned nursing care in the Pediatric Unit. Data collection was obtained through the use of a structured interview with each mother. The interview form included some mother's opinions concerning rooming-in. The results showed that these mothers considered the rooming-in program important for the treatment of the child, and that they related as "good" and "excellent" about care given in the unit.