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- Edwinson Månsson, Marie, et al.
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Use of clowns to aid recovery in hospitalised children.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nursing children and young people. - : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344. ; 25:10, s. 26-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim To examine how children in hospital perceive their meetings with clowns. Methods An interview study with ten children and an observation study of 12 children were carried out at two different hospitals employing clowns in southern Sweden. Findings Analyses of the interviews produced four main thematic categories: the clowns' attributes, feelings that the clowns provoked, children's thoughts about the clowns' visit, and one negative experience. Analyses of the observations produced two main categories: clowns' interplay based on initiatives from children, and children's reactions to the event. The children experienced their hospital stay as being fun, which helped them feel more at home. A visit from the clowns was evidently important for the children. Conclusion The clowns brought play and humour into the hospital and this gave children the opportunity to focus on something other than their illness, aiding their wellbeing and recovery.
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- Ek, Ingalill, et al.
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An experience-based treatment model for children unwilling to eat.
- 2016
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Ingår i: Nursing children and young people. - : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2344 .- 2046-2336. ; 28:5, s. 22-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Guidance during Meals is a two-week inpatient intervention undertaken at the Folke Bernadotte Regional Habilitation Centre, Sweden, to help parents deal with children's eating problems. Parents are given advice about medical and/or behavioural reasons for food selectivity and possible treatment strategies. Aims To identify the way parents handle mealtimes and associated difficulties and investigate parents' opinion on children's progress using Guidance during Meals. Method A questionnaire, consisting of 30 statements and answered by 41 parents, was used to investigate parents' opinions regarding the success of the intervention in altering their child's eating habits at home. Findings Most parents thought that the intervention had helped them and their child, by teaching them how to guide their child during mealtimes, what made it easier for their child to eat, and how to communicate with their child in an encouraging way. Most children retained their increased interest in eating once back at home. These results were not dependent on time of onset of eating problems, number of intervention periods, length of time since the intervention, or gastrostomy. Conclusion The Guidance during Meals intervention helps parents develop knowledge about factors that hinder or facilitate eating in their child and tools that can help their child finish meals, and gives them a sense of hope that positive change can occur.
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- Ek, Ingalill, et al.
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An experience-based treatment model for children unwilling to eat : A Swedish study looks at ways of encouraging children to change their habits at mealtimes and helps parents adapt to these new approaches
- 2016
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Ingår i: Nursing Children and Young People. - London, UK : Royal College of Nursing. - 2046-2344 .- 2046-2336. ; 28:5, s. 22-28
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Guidance during Meals is a two-week inpatient intervention undertaken at the Folke Bernadotte Regional Habilitation Centre, Sweden, to help parents deal with children’s eating problems. Parents are given advice about medical and/or behavioural reasons for food selectivity and possible treatment strategies.Aims To identify the way parents handle mealtimes and associated difficulties and investigate parents’ opinion on children’s progress using Guidance during Meals.Method A questionnaire, consisting of 30 statements and answered by 41 parents, was used to investigate parents’ opinions regarding the success of the intervention in altering their child’s eating habits at home.Findings Most parents thought that the intervention had helped them and their child, by teaching them how to guide their child during mealtimes, what made it easier for their child to eat, and how to communicate with their child in an encouraging way. Most children retained their increased interest in eating once back at home.These results were not dependent on time of onset of eating problems, number of intervention periods, length of time since the intervention, or gastrostomy.Conclusion The Guidance during Meals intervention helps parents develop knowledge about factors that hinder or facilitate eating in their child and tools that can help their child finish meals, and gives them a sense of hope that positive change can occur.
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- Eriksson, Mats, 1959-
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Children's nursing : why diluting skill sets would be a mistake
- 2023
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Ingår i: Nursing Children & Young People. - London : Royal College of Nursing. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- History tells us that a return to 'general' nurses and a generic preregistration qualification would be to the detriment of children's care and nursing skills....There have been repeated calls to reintroduce a generic preregistration qualification with specialisation in children’s nursing available only as a post-registration option. The danger of such a proposal would be to dilute the skill set of the children’s nursing workforce and significantly extend the time required to achieve it.Replacing the principle that nurses who work with children should be educated as children’s nurses and the reintroduction of ‘general' nurses as the mainstay of the children’s nursing workforce would involve considerable risk....
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- Gimbler Berglund, Ingalill, et al.
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Nurse anaesthetists' experiences with pre-operative anxiety
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nursing Children and Young People. - The Heights, United Kingdom : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344. ; 25:1, s. 28-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims To explore nurse anaesthetists’ experiences and actions when administering and caring for children requiring anaesthesia.Method A qualitative design employing critical incident technique was used. Interviews were carried out with a purposeful sample of nurse anaesthetists (n=32). The nurse anaesthetists’ experiences were grouped into two main areas: organisation focused and interrelational focused. Actions were grouped into two main areas: optimising the situation and creating interpersonal interaction.Findings The categories and subcategories of the nurses’ experiences appeared to influence the outcome for the child. The nurse anaesthetists’ first priority was to create an optimal environment and increase sensitivity in their interactions with the child.Conclusion Sensitivity to the child and flexibility in altering actions are key strategies to avoid physical restraint.
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- Mörelius, Evalotte, 1965-, et al.
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OC09 - Early maternal contact has an impact on preterm infants' brain systems that manage stress.
- 2016
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Ingår i: Nursing children and young people. - London, Middx, United Kingdom : RCNi. - 2046-2344 .- 2046-2336. ; 28:4, s. 62-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- UNLABELLED: Theme: Parenting/parenthood.INTRODUCTION: Early maternal contact can protect the infants' brain from harmful effects of stress while deprivation increases the stress level and leads to increased sensitivity to stress.AIM: To evaluate the effects of continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after preterm birth on stress.METHODS: Late preterm infants from two neonatal care units were randomized to either SSC or standard care. Salivary cortisol was measured in response to a nappy change at one month, and again at four months in response to a still-face procedure.RESULTS: Infants randomized to SSC had a significantly lower salivary cortisol reactivity at one month and there was a correlation between the mothers' and the preterm infants' salivary cortisol levels at four months.CONCLUSIONS: The results show that close parental contact and human touch have a buffering effect on the infant's stress reactivity and stimulate a more rapid development of regularity.
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- Nilsson, Stefan, 1972, et al.
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Children's and adolescents' experiences of living with cancer
- 2021
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Ingår i: Nursing children and young people. - : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344. ; 33:3, s. 10-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background All healthcare professionals working with children should have a child-centred perspective, and should be responsive to children and adolescents who want to talk about their thoughts and feelings. The child's or adolescent's story is the starting point for mutual understanding between them and the healthcare professional, and is the basis for shared decision-making between patients and healthcare professionals in child-centred care. Aim To advance understanding of how Swedish children and adolescents with cancer perceived the effects of the disease and its treatment on their everyday life. Method Ten girls and five boys, aged between five and 18 years, with cancer were interviewed individually using four communication tools. The interviews lasted between 20 and 65 minutes and took place without their parents present. The data were analysed using content analysis. Findings Transition to an unpredictable everyday life was identified as a main theme, with five subthemes: struggling with side effects of the cancer and its treatment; treatment as an 'emotional rollercoaster'; changed self and being vulnerable; changed social life; and concerns about academic achievement. Conclusion To provide effective support and care for children and adolescents with cancer, healthcare professionals should strive to listen to them and focus on their perspectives.
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- Nilsson, Stefan, 1972
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How young people can learn about newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes
- 2016
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Ingår i: Nursing Children & Young People. - : RCN Publishing Ltd.. - 2046-2336 .- 2046-2344. ; 28:3, s. 22-26
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article describes a small-scale study of children's experiences of using a tablet computer with pre-installed apps designed to support individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. A total of 15 children (seven boys and eight girls), aged from 6.5 to 16, chose to use a tablet during their stay in hospital, and were then interviewed by telephone within two weeks after discharge. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis, and subcategories were abstracted to categories. The results consisted of three categories and seven subcategories. The children found it helpful to use a range of different styles of learning about diabetes. A combination of educational tools and learning strategies, including conversations with nurses who are diabetes specialists, and the use of tablet-based apps, helps to support newly diagnosed children's learning about type 1 diabetes and its management.
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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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