Showing papers in "Journal of Pediatric Nursing in 1997"

TL;DR: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy aims to reduce the US teen pregnancy rate by one-third by 2005 by taking a strong position against teen pregnancy getting the help of the media supporting and stimulating state and local government leading a national discussion in an effort to build common ground.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the presence of a companion animal on physiological arousal and behavioral distress exhibited by preschool children during a routine physical examination were examined. And the results supported the use of a dog in reducing stress experienced by children during physical examination.

TL;DR: Resilience is relevant to nurses because of its implications for health and interventions that foster children's resilience and health, and the relevance of resilience to nursing of children is suggested.

TL;DR: Parents in both units experienced the most stress from alteration in their parenting role and in their infants' behavior and appearance, and parents inBoth units considered problem-focused coping more helpful than appraisal- or emotion- focused coping.

TL;DR: A longitudinal, prospective, grounded theory study was conducted with a sample of 32 members of seven families who had a child recently diagnosed with cancer and all family members 5 years and older participated in three semistructured home interviews as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This exploratory, descriptive study examined pediatric nurses' perceptions and practices of family-centered care and found that nurses perceived that they performed all elements significantly less in their current practice than they believed necessary.

TL;DR: It is suggested that children experience a significant amount of pain in the first 24 hours after tonsillectomy and that parents administer analgesics less frequently than the drugs are prescribed.

TL;DR: Adolescents used three protective strategies for reducing a sense of difference from peers: (1) keeping secrets, (2) hiding visible differences, and (3) discovering a new baseline.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that gastrostomy denotes multiple meanings for parents and health care providers, and that an appreciation for these meanings can have a significant positive impact on nursing care for these children and their families.

TL;DR: Parents showed a decrease in anxiety from admission to discharge whereas anxiety remained fairly constant from discharge to posthospitalization, and no relationship was found between parental anxiety and the children's age, gender, and previous admission.

TL;DR: A two-round Delphi study was performed in Pediatric Nursing at a large midwestern teaching hospital to identify research priorities for the Pediatric Research committee for future projects.

TL;DR: The desired outcome is to provide a theoretical and operational definition of mutuality that will help guide practice and direct future research in the area of therapeutic nurse-parent relationships.

TL;DR: It is probable that a preparation program that allows for the special characteristics of each child and family, that is accompanied by diverse demonstration aids and that stresses a love for children and counseling, as well as cooperation between all the agents involved should in most cases be a successful one.

TL;DR: Repeated measures ANOVA showed there was a significant decrease in upper respiratory illness and accidental injury rates and subsequent research can determine if similar health promotion classes to parents and children have a positive effect on health.

TL;DR: Results fit with, and provide some quantitative illustration for, the model of clinical nursing development as described by Benner and coworkers, and the relationships between cues and assessed levels of pain are presented.

TL;DR: It is concluded that information on culture-related experiences in such families remains seriously deficient and more comprehensive and detailed descriptions of family caregiving styles and other experiences are needed.

TL;DR: The proposition that an understanding of the infant pain assessment process must include nurses' selection and customary use of knowledge and data available to them, as well as the intrinsic nature of that information is supported.

TL;DR: Findings from a subset of parents, representing families who lived in close proximity to the major children's tertiary hospital as well as families who were distanced from the major center, described resources that included informational, emotional, and instrumental support.

TL;DR: It was identified that the childbearing African American teens lacked information about their children's growth and development and safety issues and depended on grandmothers to provide child care and for information about parenting.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that health care providers who care for families of children with cancer need to perform careful individual assessments throughout the treatment period.

TL;DR: A significant relationship existed between attachment security and the time the child was with grandmother, sleeping time excluded, and in contrast, time with mother was not related.

TL;DR: Information regarding cultural competence and child health is addressed, and recommendations regarding a culturally competent model of policy development for child health issues are made.

TL;DR: The adjustments and preparations required by termination, families' coping response, their experience of the transition, and suggested interventions are discussed.

TL;DR: There was more sibling interaction among diabetics and their siblings than among healthy children and some parents felt guilt and conflict about spending more time with the ill child.

TL;DR: The mothers modelled desired behaviors and values, but held unrealistic expectations for child behaviors, and viewed their parenting responsibilities as overwhelming and their children as unappreciative of the efforts required to maintain the family unit.

TL;DR: Preliminary findings showed that European American and Latino American subjects scored higher on the GHRI than African Americans, which has implications for further research on perceived health status among ethnically diverse populations of adolescents.