Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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To identify issues in managing pain of children with cancer in the two pediatric oncology centers in Morocco. ⋯ This study elucidated issues in managing children's cancer pain in Morocco and increased knowledge of current practice issues. A program of policy research has been initiated with the aim of establishing guidelines for practice policies for managing children's cancer pain in Morocco.
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To present a comparison of three measures for assessing elder abuse. ⋯ An instrument to accurately assess elder abuse in long-term care is needed. Proper identification of elder abuse is the first step in assisting victims in dealing with abusive situations.
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To describe the experiences of parents managing the type 1 diabetes of their young children using an insulin pump. ⋯ For this sample of parents, the health and management benefits of their children's use of the insulin pump outweighed the adjustment challenges involved in changing from MDI.
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To understand the experience of becoming a mother for single, unpartnered, Medicaid-eligible, first-time mothers in the United States and to discover the basic social psychological problem and process experienced by the mothers during the first 3 months postpartum. ⋯ Single, unpartnered, Medicaid-eligible, first-time mothers in this study managed their "grieving multiple losses" by "reformulating life." The uniqueness of this substantive theory is the relationship between pregnancy, loss, and grief.