FAMILY-CENTERED CARE (FCC) has been adopted as a philosophy of care for pediatric nursing ( American Nurses Association and Society of Pediatric Nurses, 2003; Lewan- dowski & Tesler, 2003). Providing FCC means that the clinician incorporates into caregiving the knowledge and conviction that family is the constant in children's lives; children are affected by and affect those with whom they have relationships; and, by including families in care processes, children will receive higher quality care. Formally adopting FCC as the philosophy of care for pediatric nursing serves to provide a framework for pediatric nurses to take on the responsibility and the goal to care for infants and children in ways that support and promote not only physical health but also healthy emotional and psychological development that occurs in the context of the family ( Blake, 1954; Knafl, Cavallari, & Dixon, 1988). The purposes of this article were to examine the current state of pediatric nursing research related to FCC and to propose directions for future study. Other specialties within nursing, as well as other health care disciplines, have adopted a family-centered approach to providing care. Examination of possible similarities and differences in the perspectives toward and approaches to