<![CDATA[Hospitalization causes pediatric patients to have received various treatments in the hospital such as invasive procedures.Hospitalization results in anxiety either to children or parents. Parental anxiety could be decreased by nurses' caring behavior. This research aimed to analyze the correlation between nurses' caring behavior with parents' anxiety levels related to an invasive procedure to pediatric patients in RSUD dr. Haryoto Lumajang. The research design was correlational descriptive with a cross-sectional approach. Purposive sampling was used with criteria of parents who have experienced accompanying invasive procedures in children with a minimum stay of a day. A total of 112 parents with a hospitalized child were included with purposive sampling technique. This study showed that participants had high perceptions of caring behaviors and 91% of parents had noanxiety. The result of Kendall tau b correlation test showed that p-value 0.036 (alfa = 0.05) and teta = -0.164. This study found that nurses' caring behavior correlated to parents' anxiety level related to an invasive procedure to pediatric patients in RSUD dr. Haryoto Lumajang. The correlation results showed a very weak relationship, however the higher nurses' caring during hospitalization may lower parents' anxiety because of an invasive treatment. This study indicated that nurses' caring behavior can reduce parents' anxiety. The application of caring behavior should be improved, particularly in pediatric nursing. As a result, caring as the essence of nursing can be achieved]]>
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