摘要:

This article is based on the premise that African-and Mexican-American children's responses to health and illness are rooted in their socialization into group perspectives that have been shaped by particular social and economic realities. Nurses are expected to provide care to African-and Mexican-American children, even though nurses may not have been educated to understand the effect of socialized perspectives on their practices. The purposes of this article are to highlight how differences in perspectives and ideologies create misunderstanding and to provide nurses with some examples of how their behavior might be interpreted by African-and Mexican-American children. The major practice implications center around the points that the motivations for African-and Mexican-American children's behavior may be different from those of European-American children, even though the observable behaviors may be similar and the children of these two groups may bring additional socialized fears and anxieties to the hospital setting. Examples of actual practice situations are used to illustrate the major points.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009747

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

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Homelessness continues to be a social problem that many children experience. The loss of a home and all that is familiar to the child may have devastating short-and long-term effects on the child's psychological well-being. Some of these ill effects can potentially be mitigated by prompt nursing intervention. In this article the findings from a descriptive study that investigated 76 homeless school-age children's level of depression as measured with the Children's Depression Inventory are reported. The relevance of these findings for pediatric nurses and nursing interventions specific to this population are discussed.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009748

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

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Nurses are confronted daily with the responsibility to care for hospitalized children in pain, yet the substantive knowledge base about that care and how effective it is remains extremely limited. Although there is initial evidence of effectiveness of several pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain relief approaches, little evidence of use or effectiveness in clinical nursing practice exists. To begin to address this knowledge deficit, two studies conceptualized within Orem's (1991) general theory of nursing were undertaken: one involving ethnographic interviews to determine what pain relief actions are taken by nurses with recognized expertise in caring for children in pain and another, follow-up survey to examine the frequency with which these actions are used by general nursing staff. Data about perceived effectiveness of the actions were also obtained. The results of these two studies of nursing actions to prevent and alleviate pain in hospitalized children document that nurses use a wide variety of creative methods to relieve pain. From interviews with the nurse experts both specific actions and action patterns and themes were identified. Furthermore, these patterns were congruent with methods of helping used by nurses as described by Orem. Results of this research currently serve as the basis for development and testing of nursing action protocols for alleviation of pain in hospitalized children.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009749

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

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The present study uses a qualitative approach to explore and identify areas of needs among parents of 2- to 6-year-old children who are hospitalized. An extensive literature review and informal in-depth interviews with five parents and six pediatric health care professionals were analyzed by content to develop a representative list of statements about needs. Six groups of needs were recognized: (a) the need to be able to trust doctors and nurses, (b) the need for information, (c) needs related to other family members, (d) a need to feel that they are trusted, (e) needs related to human and physical resources, and (e) the need for support and guidance. A congruency is found between statements about needs of parents of hospitalized 2- to 6-year-olds in the literature on the one hand and the needs of parents expressed by parents themselves and pediatric health care professionals on the other hand.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009750

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

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Working with families of preterm infants challenges the ability of professionals to address several issues and to provide continuity of care. A clinical example is used to illustrate why important data fail to be assessed and communicated and how this compromises care.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009751

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

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Edited by Kimberly Madison, MSN, RN Wayne State University, Professional Nursing Practice: A Conceptual Approach Marilyn H. Oemnn, PhD, RN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1991 Reviewed by Kimberly Madison, MSN, RN, Wayne State University.

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009752

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0146-0862    

DOI:10.3109/01460869109009746

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor