Pediatric Nursing back issues from September 2006:
Quantifying the hard-to-quantify: on assessment and numbers.(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The nursing process is an adapted form of problem solving that is the foundation of delivering care to patients. While we might take credit for inventing the process that guides our discipline, nurses should know that the basic steps can be found in the classic writings of Polya, a ...
Nurses' utilization of parent questionnaires for developmental screening.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The well-child checkup in the pediatric practice and other primary care venues encompasses a variety of health promotion and disease prevention services (Schor, 2004). One of the core and often-overlooked components of the well-child checkup is the process of monitoring development and ...
Accuracy of pacifier thermometers in young children.
Sep 01, 2006; ... Nurses are continually searching for less invasive yet accurate methods of measuring temperature in children. Multiple studies have indicated that the goal is to measure or, at best, approximate core body temperature (Callanan, 2003; Erickson & Kirklin, 1993; Erickson & Woo, 1994; Guiffre, ...
An instrument for observational assessment of nausea in young children.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Assessment of symptoms in preverbal and early verbal children can be challenging for caregivers (Seymour, Fuller, Pedersen-Gallegos, & Schwaninger, 1997; Soetenga, Frank, & Pellino, 1999). In the absence of a verbal self-report, assessment is based on observable signs. A critical step in ...
Interrater reliability of the COMFORT Scale.(treatment of intubated patients)(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Assessing pain in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a challenge for nurses. Patients are not often able to verbalize feelings of pain or distress due to their developmental stage or a decreased level of consciousness, either medically induced or brought on by physiologic ...
Current trends in the development of sedation/analgesia scales for the pediatric critical care patient.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), sedation and analgesia are administered to provide comfort and pain relief, decrease anxiety, and prevent accidental removal of lifesaving devices. Many patients are managed without the use of neuromuscular blockade. When a patient is ...
Pediatric skin care: guidelines for assessment, prevention, and treatment.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers and maintenance of skin integrity in the pediatric population often is not a high priority, especially when caring for the critically ill child. Pressure ulcers are often considered a problem in the adult population; however, research shows ...
Understanding pediatric assessment instruments.(nursing methods)(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The purpose of this continuing education series is to increase the pediatric nurse's awareness and understanding of selected assessment instruments for use with children and their families. The first step in the nursing process is assessment. This data collection phase also ...
The newborn behavioral observations system as a nursing intervention to enhance engagement in first-time mothers: feasibility and desirability.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The birth of a first child is a time of enormous change, instability, and uncertainty in a woman's life. Indeed, it is a developmental transition when the mother's task is the attainment of the maternal role (Beeghly et al., 1995; Boland, 2002; Brazelton & Nugent, 1995; Nelson, 2003; ...
Biopsychosocial consequences of sweetened drink consumption in children 0-6 years of age.(Primary Care Approaches)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Sweetened drink consumption (SDC) in children can lead to excess intake of sugar, contributing to overweight and obesity (Ludwig, Peterson, & Gortmaker, 2001), the development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (Schulze et al., 2004), lower nutrient intake, especially of calcium (Mrdjenovic & ...
Two decades of evidence to support implementation of the COPE program as standard practice with parents of young unexpectedly hospitalized/critically ill children and premature infants.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Characteristics of pediatric hospitalization have been changing in recent years. The number of children experiencing an intensive care stay in the United States (U.S.) has increased over the past 10 years, and it is projected that there will be a continued acceleration of pediatric ...
How hopeful is too hopeful? Responding to unreasonably optimistic parents.(care and treatment of sick children)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The child is gravely ill and there is no real chance of recovery. The treatment is doing the child more harm than good, but the parents insist that it be continued. They haven't lost hope, they say, but what are we to make of hope when it is so detached from medical reality? Although the ...
Building healthy children in the Cold War era: the American Academy of Pediatrics' Child Health Services and Pediatric Education.(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... In the years after World War II Americans built suburbs, fought for civil rights, expanded the economy, created new industries, bought millions of televisions, went to church in ever greater numbers and fought communism through a Cold War. The world of health care changed too. The ...
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children.(Updates & Kidbits)(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Apnea is a term used to describe pauses in breathing. Apnea is further divided to describe types of pauses in breathing, such as central apnea, obstructive apnea and mixed apnea. Central apnea, which is the cessation of both upper airway and diaphragmatic movement, is frequently observed ...
Teen Intervention Project--Cherokee (TIP-C).(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The majority of Native American youths, regardless of tribe, report experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Reports reveal that 74% of Native Americans between 7th and 12th grades have tried alcohol/drugs and 51% have become intoxicated (Beauvais, 1998). Unfortunately, substance abuse has ...