Objective The goal of this study was to compare rural and urban pediatric hospice patients in Appalachia. Methods Using a retrospective, nonexperimental design, we sought to compare characteristics of Appalachian rural and urban children younger than…
BACKGROUND: Promoting resilience is an aspect of psychosocial care that affects patient and whole-family well-being. There is little consensus about how to define or promote resilience during and after pediatric cancer. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this…
PURPOSE: This study examined the influence of level of practice, additional paediatric education and length of paediatric and current experience on nurses' knowledge of and beliefs about fever and fever management. METHOD: Fifty-one nurses from…