abstract background: childhood cancers are fatal diseases which cause intense stress and traumatic situations for the ones who experience those diseases. this kind of an emotionally hard life may create some hardships for developing self‑concept. the aim of the study is to put forth the self‑exposure of a school‑age child by using plays. materials and methods: six play sessions had been carried...

conclusions iraqi nurses identified factors such as limited health resources, lack of job description, and professional unaccountability as major safety issues in maternity services. these findings alarm the need to ensure the provision of females and neonates with appropriate care. this, however, would require coordination between iraqi kurdistan health authorities to provide midwifery care fa...

This integrative literature review aimed to identify nursing actions for stimulating child development in national and international journals, between 2000 and 2009. Medline and Lilacs were examined, with analysis of fifteen articles. Results point out ludic elements as essential for child development and state that it should be explored by nursing professionals through art, music, toys and the...

AIM To investigate anxiety levels in two groups of children exposed to nurses with white vs. coloured clothing in a university hospital in Iran. BACKGROUND Hospitalisation causes anxiety in children and it is documented that nurses have an important role in alleviating children's distress and anxiety. Nurses characteristics, including their clothing is a factor that affects quality of care th...

1. Division of Child Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey 2. Division of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey 3. Dept. of Women Health and Diseases Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 4. Dept. of Pediatric Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul Univ...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that can influence nursing mothers to interrupt exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life of the infant. METHOD Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative research. Information was collected through semi-structured interviews with 14 nursing mothers who had received prenatal care in the Family Basic Health Units in the city of Campina Grande - PB, fr...

1. Dept. of Community and Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Mafraq, Jordan 2. Dept. of Maternal, Child and Family Health, School of Nursing, the Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan 3. Dept. of Adult Health, School of Nursing, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan 4. Unit of E-Learning & Information Technology, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Al-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia 5. Dept. of Midw...

The aim of this study was to describe discursively constructed interactions between parents and health care professionals (HCPs) in a pediatric oncology ward. Field notes from 70 focused participant observations and 16 informal interviews with 25 HCPs interacting with 25 parents of children with cancer were analyzed using discursive psychology. Six dominant interpretative repertoires (flexible ...