Journal of pediatric nursing
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The aim of this study was to review literature on unaccompanied hospitalized children and report the incidence at a pediatric hospital over 2 weeks. The philosophical model of most pediatric hospitals is family-centered care (FCC) and reducing separation effects. ⋯ Children and parents express that they want to be together, but many parents have obstacles to participation including increased expectations. The incidence study found that about one third of children were sometimes unaccompanied.
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There are a variety of factors that make the pediatric population more susceptible to medication errors and potential complications resulting from medication administration including the availability of different dosage forms of the same medication, incorrect dosing, lack of standardized dosing regimen, and organ system maturity. A systematic literature search on medication administration errors in the pediatric population was conducted. Five themes obtained from the systematic literature search include incidence rate of medication administration errors; specific medications involved in medication administration errors and classification of the errors; why medication administration errors occur; medication error reporting; and interventions to reduce medication errors.
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This integrative review aims to identify evidence in four electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsyINFO, and COCHRANE) regarding the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medical interventions, either alone or as an adjunct to pharmacological therapy, in alleviating procedure-related pain, anxiety, and distress in children and adolescents with cancer. A total of 32 articles met inclusion criteria. Results suggest that mind-body interventions, including hypnosis, distraction, and imagery, may be effective, alone or as adjuncts to pharmacological interventions, in managing procedure-related pain, anxiety, and distress in pediatric oncology.