Maternal-child nursing journal
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To describe women's evaluation of their own performance during labor and delivery. ⋯ The women confirmed the notion that they had important work to do; they identified their own performance as one of the most important or the most important component of the childbirth experience.
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Matern Child Nurs J · Jul 1994
Factors influencing young children's coping behaviors during stressful healthcare encounters.
The authors examined the coping behaviors of 80 preschool children during venipuncture, and selected situational and personal variables thought to influence their coping. The children's behaviors were recorded on the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist-Intrusive Procedures; the helpful behaviors of health professionals were recorded on the Nursing Actions Checklist. ⋯ Socioeconomic status, nursing interventions, and preparation for the procedure had low to moderate correlations with number and type of the children's coping behaviors. The results indicate that a child's coping is related to the situation, and the actions of professionals in that situation rather than to the characteristics of the individual child.
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Matern Child Nurs J · Jul 1993
ReviewPresence as a nursing intervention with hospitalized children.
A review of nursing literature indicates that presence is a widely accepted nursing intervention, yet very little discussion exists regarding nursing presence as an intervention with children. The author's purpose is to discuss the importance of nursing presence with children, provide information on ways in which nurses can operationalize and evaluate presence, and identify implications for needed research on presence with children.
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Matern Child Nurs J · Jan 1990
Pre-operative preparation: effects on immediate pre-operative behavior, post-operative behavior and recovery in children having same-day surgery.
This study explored whether preoperative preparation affects the immediate preoperative behavior, post-operative behavior, and recovery in children undergoing same-day surgery. An experimental design was utilized. Three hypotheses were tested: that children who receive pre-operative preparation will (1) display fewer intra-operative and post-operative complications; (2) use lesser amounts and less frequent administration of pain medications post-operatively; and (3) exhibit fewer behavioral problems during pre-, intra-, and post-operative periods than children who do not receive such preparation. ⋯ Subjects were retrospectively divided into groups according to their type of pre-operative preparation. Data were analyzed with multiple Pearson Correlation coefficients, ANOVA using General Linear Models, and Scheffe's test. There was only one significant difference: the group which played with hospital equipment showed less negative behavior changes at home (p less than .05).
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Matern Child Nurs J · Jan 1989
The pediatric intensive care unit environment as a source of stress for parents.
Parents of children hospitalized in one of five midwestern pediatric intensive care units (ICU) were interviewed about the stress experienced from aspects of the ICU environment. Subjects were 324 mothers and 186 fathers of 350 children. Data were collected using the Parental Stressor Scale: Pediatric ICU which assesses seven dimensions of the environment: Child's Behavior and Emotions, Child's Appearance, Sights and Sounds, Procedures, Staff Communication, Anomie, and Parental Role Alteration. ⋯ The items from the Parental Role Alteration dimension with the highest stress scores were: feeling unable to protect my child and not knowing how to best help my child. Findings suggest that alterations in the parent-child relationship are more stressful than aspects of the physical environment. In particular, feeling helpless in the parenting role is a great source of stress for parents.