This study is aimed at reviewing the existing literature about children with cancer and their families in order to identify themes that have been researched and to survey indicators of need, thus giving subsidies for the systematization of nursing care. Systemized data collection was carried out in computerized databases between 1997 and 2002 using the keywords child, cancer, chronic illness/di...

the quality of care for children and wants to eliminate these differences (the National Service Framework). 5 The framework allows adult nurses to care for children only within the limits of their knowledge and should be under direct supervision of a children’s trained nurse. Recruitment and retention of nursing staff is a problem in emergency departments. The Royal College of Nursing recommend...

Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics from the terms found in the nursing and medical records of children hospitalized with congenital heart disease. Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a public hospital. The data from 82 records were analyzed by two expert pediatric cardiology nurses. There was consensus and agreement after individual analysis of the 100 records. Resu...

investigating of the effect of familiarization play on the injective procedural pain in b- thalassemic pre – school children hamed tavassoli s [1], alhani f [2]*, hajizadeh e[3] received: 11 jun, 2012 accepted: 22aug, 2012abstract background & aims: the use of intra-vein cutters is one of the most prevalent and painful procedures, and children especially young children usually call it the most ...