Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
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J Child Health Care · Mar 2018
ReviewStress management for headaches in children and adolescents: A review and practical recommendations for health promotion programs and well-being.
Stress is considered to be the most common factor reported to trigger headaches in children and adolescents. Although tension-type headache and migraine are the two most common types of headache in children and adolescents, they are often untreated, ignoring their stressful background. We provide a narrative review of the available evidence for health-care professionals involved in stress-related headache management and health promotion programs. ⋯ Biopsychosocial therapies such as relaxation, biofeedback, hypnosis, yoga, cognitive behavioral therapy, and acupuncture focus at stress physiological and behavioral relief. Our purpose is to suggest a stress-related headache management to empower children to make healthy choices in order to improve their lifelong well-being and quality of life. We aim to authorize relationship between nurses and other health-care providers with background knowledge around stress management for pediatric headache populations.
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J Child Health Care · Jun 2009
ReviewPsychological outcomes in children following pediatric intensive care unit hospitalization: a systematic review of the research.
A systematic review of published research on children's psychological outcomes following Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) hospitalization was conducted. Of the 275 papers published between 1970 and April 2008 which were identified using keywords, reference lists and one author's collections, a total of 28 papers met the inclusion criteria for this review. ⋯ While a small number of studies have attempted to identify predictors of psychological outcome, this work remains in its infancy. The importance of the child's interpretation of the illness experience in influencing subsequent behavioral and emotional responses is highlighted.
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The development of research with children highlights a number of ethical issues for the research process concerning consent, confidentiality and protection from harm. This article aims to analyse the extent to which these issues have been considered within the published guidance for research involving children. Several key principles emerged: there is consensus that it is unethical not to conduct research with children; consent should be obtained from both the child and the parent or guardian; where the child does not have sufficient understanding of what is involved and the implications of such involvement, the assent of the child should be sought; children involved in research should be made aware that, where information concerning risks to themselves or others emerges, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed; and finally researchers must consider the potential impact of research participation on the child, building methods of providing support to children into the research proposal.
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J Child Health Care · Jan 2001
ReviewReflective growth and professional development: an ABC approach for the novice reflector.
This step guide acknowledges, today more than any other time in nursing history, nurses are being encouraged to evaluate and evidence learning. The UKCC guidelines on mandatory PREP (2001) demands a nursing profession who can evidence analysis of personal growth and development, learning from experience in practice. The step guide has been developed to enable novice reflectors to develop skills in reflective dialogue and writing. Nurses need guidance in this approach to learning more about themselves and the domain of nursing as for many it is a challenge to more formal modes of learning.