Kecemasan yang timbul pada orang tua bisa terjadi karena hospitalisasi yang dialami oleh anak. peran perawat sangat dibutuhkan oleh orang tua, yaitu dengan berperilaku caring sehingga dapat membantu mengurangi kecemasan pada orang tua. penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan perilaku caring perawat dengan tingkat kecemasan orang tua selama hospitalisasi di ruang perawatan anak di rsud dr. h. jusuf sk. penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian non eksperimen dengan pendekatan cross sectional. populasi adalah orang tua pasien anak dengan lama rawat tiga hari. metode pengambilan sampel dengan purposive sampling dan menggunakan rumus yamane. responden penelitian ini sebanyak 215 responden berdasarkan kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi.. pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner kemudian data diolah dan diuji dengan rank spearmen. hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku caring perawat rendah (1,4%), sedang (30,7%), tinggi (67,9%). kecemasan orang tua selama hospitalisasi anak, tidak ada kecemasan (0,9%), kecemasan ringan (56,7%), kecemasan sedang (37,7%), kecemasan berat (4,7%). hasil uji bivariat menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara perilaku caring perawat dengan tingkat kecemasan orang tua selama hospitalisasi di ruang perawatan anak dengan nilai p value 0,001 dan koefisien korelasi -0,215. kesimpulan penelitian ini ada hubungan antara perilaku caring perawat dengan tingkat kecemasan orang tua selama hospitalisasi di ruang perawatan anak. saran peneliti agar perilaku caring perawat lebih ditingkatkan lagi agar membantu mengurangi kecemasan orang tua selama hospitalisasi anak. kata kunci: perilaku caring perawat, kecemasan, hospitalisasi

Anxiety that arises in parents can occur due to hospitalization experienced by children. parents, called caring behaviour, need nurses to help reduce anxiety in parents. this study aimed to determine the relationship between nurses’ caring behavior and parents’ anxiety level during hospitalization in the childcare room at rsud dr. h. jusuf sk. this research was a type of non-experimental research with a cross-sectional approach. the population was parents of pediatric patients with three days of stay. the sampling method was purposive sampling and uses the yamane formula. respondents in this study were 215 respondents based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. retrieval of data using questionnaire, then the data were processed and tested by rank spearmen. the result showed that the caring behavior of nurses was low (1.4%), moderate (30.7%), and high (67.9%). parental anxiety during child hospitalization experienced no anxiety (0.9%), mild anxiety (56.7%), moderate anxiety (37.7%), and severe anxiety (4.7%). the results of bivariate test showed a relationship between nurses’ caring behavior and parents’ anxiety level during hospitalization in the childcare room with p-value 0f 0.001 and correlation of -0.215. this study concluded that there is a relationship between nurses’ caring behavior parents’ anxiety level during hospitalization in the childcare room. it suggests that nurses’ caring behavior is further enhanced to help reduce parents’ anxiety during child hospitalization. keywords: nurse caring behaviour, anxiety, hospitalization