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- Ångström-Brännström, Charlotte, et al.
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Comforting measures described by staff working in paediatric units
- 2017
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Ingår i: Nursing children and young people. - : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344. ; 29:4, s. 24-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: Children with cancer identify staff members, who work with them in paediatric units, as their most important comforters. This study aimed to shed light on how those staff members deliver this comfort.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were performed and the content then analysed. Nine families (n=9) and eight staff members (n=8) participated in the study.Findings: The staff described caring for the children and the whole family. They implemented certain comforting measures with the child, and described how they provided support to parents. Staff described how they felt comforted by relating to the children they were caring for.Conclusion: Staff working in paediatric units develop good relationships with children and parents and comfort them using methods described in the literature. The quality of the staff's positive relationships with the children marked all their actions.
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- Ångström Brännström, Charlotte, et al.
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Descriptions of comfort in the social networks surrounding a dying child
- 2014
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Ingår i: Vård i Norden. - : SAGE Publications. - 0107-4083 .- 1890-4238. ; 34:113, s. 4-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: The aim of this study was to describe how comforters of one dying child were comforted, described by the child's mother and nurse.Background: The death of a child is one of the greatest losses parents can sustain and a stressful experience for nurses. Those who provide comfort may also need comfort, yet little is known about how comforters are comforted.Method: The interviews with mother and nurse were analysed using content analysis. Persons and activities mentioned as comforting were outlined in a sociogram.Findings: The findings show that the mother received comfort from her child and family, the nurse, extended family and others close to the family. She found comfort in being involved in the care and sharing worries with the nurse and in self-comfort. She described that siblings found comfort in each other, in living everyday life, in music and in expressing their feelings in drawings. The nurse gained comfort from sharing hardships with colleagues and a relative and from making a difference to the child.Conclusion: The findings provide a picture of interacting comforting social networks surrounding one dying child.
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- Ångström-Brännström, Charlotte, et al.
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Narratives of children with chronic illness about being comforted
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Pediatric Nursing. - : W.B. Saunders. - 0882-5963 .- 1532-8449. ; 23:4, s. 310-316
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the study was to examine how children with chronic illnesses narrate their experience of being comforted in hospital. During interviews, seven children, 4-10 years old described their experiences and made drawings. Thematic content analysis revealed following themes: being physically close to one's family , feeling safe and secure, staff being there for the children, and children being there for the parents and siblings. Mother was identified as the most important comforter. The findings suggest that trusting in the staff's knowledge and professional skills is a prerequisite for the children to feel "at home", and safe in hospital. Being close to one's family is even more important.
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- Ångström-Brännström, Charlotte, 1957-, et al.
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Parents' experiences of what comforts them when their child is suffering from cancer
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. - : SAGE Publications. - 1043-4542 .- 1532-8457. ; 27:5, s. 266-275
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the study was to describe parents' narratives concerning what they find comforting when they have a child suffering from cancer. Interviews were conducted with 9 parents--8 mothers and 1 father--of children aged 3 to 9 years who were admitted to a pediatric oncology ward and had undergone their first treatment. The findings showed that the parents derived comfort from being close to their child, perceiving the child's strength, feeling at home in the ward, being a family and being at home, and receiving support from their social network. Comfort experienced in communion with the child and others became important and helped the parents build a new normality perceived as being at home in life despite all their difficulties. Within the frame of communion, the parents seemed to experience moments of hope for their child's recovery and survival.
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- Ångström-Brännström, Charlotte, et al.
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Victor and the Dragon. : A Young Child's Experiences of Discomfort and Comfort, From Diagnosis Until Death
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. - : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - 1522-2179 .- 1539-0705. ; 15:8, s. 464-470
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Children with progressive cancer often suffer during treatment and at the end of their life, and they need comfort. This study's aim was to describe a child's experiences of being cared for until death, with a focus on discomfort and comfort. Conversations, field notes, drawings, and interviews with the child and his mother and nurse were content analyzed. The themes enduring unbearable situations, expressing emotional suffering, and finding comfort were constructed. The children's parents and other family members are often a significant source of help for the children to endure discomfort and find comfort. Emotional suffering can be expressed in drawing and crying, but sometimes, a child is inconsolable and must endure discomfort. Comfort for a dying child is enhanced by having the family close, experiencing normal daily activities such as drawing and playing, and feeling at home in life despite approaching death.
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