Showing papers in "Journal of Pediatric Nursing in 2003"

TL;DR: The findings of the study highlight the importance of identifying family and/or community resources that may provide mothers with support that could reduce some of the tremendous stress and burden of responsibility experienced after diagnosis of diabetes.

TL;DR: The Youth Resilience Framework is presented that addresses individual and sociocultural risk factors and protective resources that can influence health outcomes throughout adolescence and incorporates a developmental approach to address precursors and health-risk behaviors that may be amenable to early health-promoting interventions.

TL;DR: An overview of the potential late effects of childhood cancer therapy is provided to help health care professionals in any setting have an understanding of these possible late effects.

TL;DR: Low-income, culturally diverse students from an urban middle school received four classroom interventions with the use of a combined Health Promotion/Transtheoretical Model to control fat in diet and increase physical activity to prevent obesity and cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: PICU mothers experienced more stress symptoms than the GCU mothers did during all four time periods, and nurses should know how mothers of critically ill children feel and what stresses them in order to help the mothers and teach them about what changes to expect in themselves.

TL;DR: Results showed that the intervention significantly increased feeding rates and music functioned as reinforcement and the sucking behavior transferred from a nonnutritive to a nutritive event.

TL;DR: It is vital that the nurses work in cooperation with the educational staff and also integrate components of play during routine activity, in preparing children for surgeries and invasive procedures, and during painful or uncomfortable interventions.

TL;DR: This article is an example of an evidence-based pain assessment project at Children's Hospital Boston that focused on nonverbal children with cognitive impairments and an adapted, existing pain assessment tool is described in this article.

TL;DR: Overall, the studies revealed that most adolescent females perceive pregnancy as a rite of passage and a challenging yet positive life event and decision-making relevant to pregnancy resolution, intimacy, and peer relationships are needed.

TL;DR: The nurse's role as a member of the supportive care team for the child diagnosed with cancer and the family and the most common side effects of the cancer treatment are discussed in depth.

TL;DR: The etiology and treatment of solid tumors in children include brain tumors, neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms' tumor, and osteosarComa is reviewed.

TL;DR: It is found that the parents' experiences of suffering were overwhelming and that the 3 patients had been depressed during periods and the patients were not as open as their parents.

TL;DR: This article conducted school-based focus groups during the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale (CATS) project to examine key issues including entry to schools, informed consent and confidentiality, students cognitive development, safety within the group, and appropriate procedures.

TL;DR: The ten best websites for asthma education were identified for patient teaching and educating parents about asthma.

TL;DR: The study aimed to describe parents' views of their early perception and detection that something was wrong with their child and to give a comprehensive description of early signs to help primary health care nurses to focus on relevant symptoms.

TL;DR: The findings from this study concluded that child labor creates an unhealthy environment for socially disadvantaged children and health professionals, including pediatric and community health care providers, have an instrumental role that needs to be focused on protecting children.

TL;DR: Although federally funded programs such as Supplemental Security Income and State Title V CSHCN programs may be beneficial for these children and their families, current policies may limit access to these necessary services.

TL;DR: Normal developmental changes related to sleep, common sleep disorders experienced by children and how nurses can assist parents in coping with these changes and disorders are discussed.

TL;DR: Examination of communication approaches and topics of conflict in a parent child relationship evolved over 10 years found less conflict and more direct and healthy communication approaches; although manipulative, negative, and intimidating tactics were present.

TL;DR: An overview of childhood leukemias is provided, diagnostic and classification methods used to differentiate and evaluate childhood leukedmias, and treatment strategies applied toward various forms of children with leukemia are provided.

TL;DR: It is likely that children and mothers are more at risk for stress-related problems when mothers are overburdened by the demands of caregiving, earning a living, and other responsibilities.

TL;DR: The articles in this issue provide readers with the most current clinical updates on the treatment and care of children and youth with childhood cancer.

TL;DR: The meaning of being in ethically difficult care situations in pediatrics as narrated by male registered nurses is explored.

TL;DR: It is revealed that mothers of children with mitochondrial disease report greater stress and worry, less satisfaction with social supports, greater difficulty meeting their child's extra care needs, and more impact on multiple aspects of their personal lives.

TL;DR: The median survival time of IVC as expressed by Kaplan-Meir survival analysis was 40 hours (SE, 2.49; 95% confidence interval, 35.12-44.88) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Health care professionals must know all about the disorder to be able to identify Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and protect children from disability or death.

TL;DR: For example, the authors examined differences in anger, anxiety, and depression between early adolescents from divorced families and intact families and found statistically significant differences in state anger, but not in state anxiety or depression, between the two groups.

TL;DR: This study compared the tympanic thermometer with the electronic and chemical dot thermometers used at the axillary site and evaluated child, parent, and nurse preferences for method of temperature measurement.

TL;DR: Pediatric nurses must have a thorough understanding of the treatment for childhood cancer so that as frontline healthcare providers, they give accurate information to patients and their families, deliver appropriate care, and assist with gathering data in support of ongoing research.

TL;DR: A pilot study was designed to explore the relationships among anxiety and depression self-report data, cyclosporine trough values, and biopsy rejection grades within a posttransplant sample of adolescents with cystic fibrosis.