Showing papers in "Journal of Pediatric Nursing in 2016"

TL;DR: Kangaroo care showed significantly positive effects on stabilizing infant physiological functions such as respiration rate, increasing maternal-infant attachment, and reducing maternal stress, suggesting that kangaroo Care can be used to promote emotional bonding and support between mothers and their babies, and to stabilize the physiological functions of premature babies.

TL;DR: A need for additional research and enhanced clinical services is highlighted to ensure that adolescents with autism spectrum disorder have their informational needs met, are able to avoid risks, and have the greatest capacity for a healthy sexuality as they transition to adulthood.

TL;DR: Gender, age, previous hospitalization, diagnoses and analgesics were all factors associated with the children's pain scores, however, a multiple regression analysis found that only the "BUZZY" remained a significant predictor of pain scores in children.

TL;DR: This descriptive qualitative study explored parent experiences related to their infant's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalization, end-of-life care, and palliative care consultation, and parent support with "Life and death in the NICU environment" emerged as the primary theme.

TL;DR: This review brings a developmental lens to the challenges in assessment and non-pharmacologic treatment of pain in young children by using an electronic search of PubMed and the university library to identify additional sources for best evidence.

TL;DR: The results from this study help to give clearer direction for health professionals on where to focus future efforts in better meeting the supportive care needs of parents and their child with a rare disease.

TL;DR: Utilizing parent perceptions to highlight practice deficiencies can build a foundation for care models that are more comprehensive and family centered.

TL;DR: A number of factors that are important to take into account when improving parental involvement in neonatal pain alleviation in an NICU are revealed.

TL;DR: Perceptions of working with families were different for nurses from the three countries that call for a clearer understanding about perceptions in relation to delivery systems, and FCS scores to be significantly different between nurses and physicians and significantly correlated with age, number of children and education.

TL;DR: Technology use before sleep by adolescents had negative consequences on nighttime sleep and on daytime function and healthcare professionals who interact with adolescents should encourage technology to be curtailed before bedtime and for adolescents to value obtaining adequate sleep.

TL;DR: Test the relationships between spiritual/religious coping strategies and grief, mental health (depression and post-traumatic stress disorder) and personal growth for mothers and fathers at 1 and 3 months after the infant's/child's death in the NICU/PICU.

TL;DR: Healthcare providers can enhance HPV vaccine utilization by taking an active role with patients, and illustrate delivery strategies that can improve immunization rates and review implications for healthcare providers.

TL;DR: The models of care implemented were associated with positive changes such as reduced parental anxiety and improved communication between parents/caregivers and health professionals, however, no model provided intervention throughout each phase of care to (or post- hospital discharge).

TL;DR: There is a critical need for education about pediatric delirium and its risk factors among PICU staff prior to unit-wide implementation of adelirium screening and prevention program, specifically with regards to screening methods and pharmacologic risk factors.

TL;DR: The Photovoice method is well-suited to help young adults identify and express their strengths and may offer a creative and effective form of communication for young adults with ASD.

TL;DR: Teens with Type 1 diabetes and their parents understand that independent teen self-management is a component of transition to adulthood, but worry aboutTeen self- management outcomes, including health insurance, T1DM resources, and teens' abilities to handle new situations.

TL;DR: As hope is linked to resilience, further research should explore whether adolescents with higher hope return to baseline faster than their lower hope counterparts.

TL;DR: Study results can be utilized to educate nurses/other providers about the unique needs of families with children with severe autism and could influence health care policies to improve the care for families caring for children withsevere autism.

TL;DR: Weight biased attitudes toward obese pediatric patients and their caregivers were found among RNs and CSS and race, employment status, number of obese patients cared for daily, and department were predictive of bias.

TL;DR: The family experience of caring for their child with a tracheostomy due to a compromised airway during the transition from hospital to home is described, and types of support that families request to be successful caregivers are identified.

TL;DR: The results indicated that preterm birth initially has a deep emotional impact on parents and parents considered early discharge programs to be very useful in addressing the emotional aspects of hospitalization and the acquisition of neonatal care skills.

TL;DR: The strongest predictor of childhood obesity was parental misperception of their child's weight status, and health care providers, nutritionists, social workers, teachers, and school health councils could play an important role in educating parents and children on how to recognize an unhealthy weight.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe transition processes across twelve clinics within the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) to provide lessons learned and inform the development of transition protocols to improve health outcomes as youth shift from adolescent to adult HIV care.

TL;DR: Considering the effect of IV Infiltration management program, it is recommended that this infiltration management program would be widely used in the clinical settings.

TL;DR: Targeting the domains of low satisfaction reported by the parents could increase parent's satisfaction and achieve quality improvement required for this population, and the availability of health care professionals, the support and the information they share with the child's parents are all significant to parent's satisfied and hence to better quality of care.

TL;DR: The risks parents experience as they care for their child with ASD far outweigh the protective factors for self-management of parental stress, and nurses who are aware of these issues can make important changes to their practice and have a significant impact on parental stress self- management and the care of children with ASD.

TL;DR: A comprehensive understanding is presented wherein younger children's experiences of NRMPs vary across time and space related to weakening and strengthening their feelings of fear.

TL;DR: Mislabeling of nicotine in e-liquids is common and exposes the user to the harmful effects of nicotine, and e-cigarettes should be included in the legal definition of tobacco products, child-resistant packaging and nicotine labeling laws should be enacted and strictly enforced, and vape stores should be licensed by states.

TL;DR: Overall, the results of this integrative review provide some evidence that respite care use may be associated with a decrease in stress among caregivers of children with ASD, however, the lack of consistency and quality across the studies means these findings must be interpreted with caution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored parent perspectives of how the attributes of their child's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impact nutrition, physical activity, screen time behaviors and risk for obesity.