Soins. Pédiatrie, puériculture
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Soins Pediatr Pueric · May 2011
[Home support for a child receiving palliative care provided by a self-employed nurse].
Complex and demanding, paediatric palliative care at home is beginning to develop. How can a self-employed nurse, by definition isolated, care for a child approaching the end of life and his/her family at home? What resources and tools does the nurse have to provide this support?
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The assessment of pain in children in the paediatric emergency department is essential for high quality care. Recognizing pain is not enough: only the use of validated assessments tools enables staff to include pain on part of daily care. The objective analysis of care practices helps to improve the quality of care in children.
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Traumatic events may give rise to invalidating and chronic situations of distress. The concept of post-traumatic growth suggests that trauma may help people who have experienced it to mature and make positive changes in their lives, especially teenagers. This concept and its limits deserve to be studied in greater depth.