Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-51).

At present very little is known of the various problems mothers experience when their children are admitted to a day care unit in terms of the increased responsibility which is placed upon them for the preparation of their children and their care at home following discharge. The purpose of this study was to identify some of the major concerns expressed by mothers who participated in a day care unit in a children's hospital in Vancouver. A sample of twenty mothers was selected and the kinds of nursing activities in which they participated in the unit were assessed and rated by a participation scale. The data were collected by the researcher who took on the role of participant observer in the day care unit. Field notes were written on the mothers while they were in the unit and post hospital interviews recorded approximately one week to ten days following discharge. The participation scales, field notes and post hospital interviews were analyzed and the frequency and percentages of the expressed concerns determined. Seventy per cent of the mothers in the study group needed help in assisting with the care of their children in the unit. Concerns expressed by the mothers were centered on the notion of time and a desire for information related to the child's diagnosis, the anaesthetic, and operation performed. Postoperatively they expressed concerns related to symptoms caused by the anaesthetic, operation or examination. They seemed particularly apprehensive about the anaesthetic and its possible effects on the children. Seventy-five per cent of the mothers had previous experience with the hospitalization of their children. This factor seemed most characteristic of the group and influenced their participation in the day care activities. Only two mothers had prior knowledge of the day care unit and they participated independently, requiring little assistance from the nurse. Ninety per cent of the mothers were satisfied with the day care experience. Two mothers were unhappy about the arrangements and would have preferred having their children in hospital for a few days postoperatively. These mothers would have benefited from a home visit by a nurse. The remaining 90 per cent stated they did not feel they needed a visit from a nurse postoperatively. All mothers appreciated a telephone call from the hospital following surgery. The mothers contacted their doctors if problems arose at home. They felt the instructions they received by mail prior to admission were adequate. The success of surgical day care units for children is dependent upon the interest and support of parents. Mothers can prepare their children for surgery and cope with post hospital care, if they receive help and support from the nursing staff. Mothers whose children have been treated in a day care unit are most enthusiastic about this type of hospital care. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Nursing, School of / Graduate

O Projeto Biblioteca Viva em Hospitais é uma estratégia adotada por diversas instituições de saúde com o objetivo de levar à criança e ao adolescente hospitalizados a mediação de leitura de histórias infanto-juvenis por intermédio de profissionais e voluntários capacitados para tal função. A leitura terapêutica tem sido amplamente utilizada dentro e fora do hospital, por diversos profissionais, como os bibliotecários, fonoaudiólogos, psicólogos, pedagogos, enfermeiros e terapeutas ocupacionais. O objetivo deste trabalho é apreender em que medida a estratégia da mediação de histórias infanto-juvenis proposta pelo Projeto Biblioteca Viva em Hospitais pode ser um recurso de comunicação com a criança e o adolescente hospitalizados. Para tanto, a coleta de dados empíricos foi realizada mediante a observação de sessões de mediação de leitura e entrevista semi-estruturada com o mediador e as crianças maiores de sete anos. Procedemos à análise qualitativa dos dados os quais foram organizados ao redor dos seguintes temas: aprendendo com as histórias; as histórias e as possibilidades terapêuticas e a comunicação e a contação de histórias. Constatamos que a mediação de leitura facilita os diálogos e o estabelecimento de relacionamentos durante a hospitalização, além de contribuir para o aprendizado de quem ouve e de quem conta as histórias. Os resultados do presente estudo poderão contribuir para a ampliação do processo diagnóstico e terapêutico incorporando intervenções que valorizem o processo de desenvolvimento de crianças, adolescentes, familiares e profissionais de saúde e também para a humanização do cuidado em saúde. / The Biblioteca Viva (Live Library) Project in Hospitals is a strategy adopted by several health institutions aiming to provide the hospitalized child and adolescent the reading mediation of infant-juvenile stories through professionals and volunteers capable of such function. The therapeutic reading has been widely used both in and out of hospitals by several professionals such as librarians, phonoaudiologists, psychologists, pedagogues, nurses and occupational therapists. This study aimed to learn in what extent the reading of infant-juvenile stories strategy proposed by this Project in hospitals can be a communication resource to use with hospitalized children and adolescents. In order to do that, the empirical data collection was carried out through the observation of reading sections and semi structure interviews with the reader and children older than seven years old. The qualitative data analysis was organized on the following themes: learning with stories; the stories and the therapeutic possibilities, and the communication and telling stories. It was verified that the reading mediation favors the dialogs and the establishment of relationships during hospitalization besides contributing for the learning of those who listen and those who tell the stories. This study results can contribute for the expansion of the diagnostic and therapeutic processes incorporating interventions that value the development process of children, adolescents, relatives and health professionals and also for the humanization of the health care.

Introdução: Atualmente, existem vários métodos úteis para a avaliação nutricional (AvN) de crianças hospitalizadas, contudo ainda não há um método considerado padrão-ouro para classificação do estado nutricional da população pediátrica, assim como para a identificação da desnutrição. Objetivo: Comparar diferentes métodos de AvN não invasiva em crianças hospitalizadas. Métodos: Estudo transversal com pacientes de 4 a 8,9 anos internados em um hospital pediátrico do Sul do Brasil. A amostragem foi realizada por conveniência, e a coleta de dados ocorreu entre dezembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2016. Excluíram-se pacientes internados em unidade de terapia intensiva e sem condições de alimentação por via oral. Foram coletadas informações gerais, socioeconômicas e dados antropométricos. Também foram aplicados os questionários de Avaliação Subjetiva Global pediátrica (ASGped) e STRONGkids. Os dados clínicos foram coletados do prontuário eletrônico do paciente. O protocolo de estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (parecer número 657.000), e pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre (parecer número 906.461). Resultados: Um total de 455 crianças foi incluído no estudo, com média de idade de 75,0 ± 17,2 meses. A mediana do tempo de internação foi de 6 dias (4–10). As enfermidades que mais motivaram a internação foram: cirúrgicas (22,3%, n=103), pulmonares (19,3%, n=88), neurológicas (13,8%, n=63), oncológicas (7,9%, n=36) e gastroenterológicas (6,8%, n=31). Ao redor de 76% (341 de 455) das crianças encontravam-se eutróficas de acordo com o indicador índice de massa corporal/idade (IMC/I), 19,8% (n=89) apresentavam excesso de peso e 4,4% (n=20) estavam desnutridas. Conforme a ferramenta de triagem nutricional STRONGkids, 27,3% (n=124) das crianças apresentaram risco nutricional (RN) baixo, 64,8% (n=295) RN médio e 7,9% (n=36) RN alto. Por outro lado, ASGped classificou 86,8% (n=393) dos pacientes como bem nutridos, 12,4% (n=56) como moderadamente desnutridos e 0,9% (n=4) como gravemente desnutridos. Constatou-se que a desnutrição pela ASGped se associou de forma significativa com o maior tempo de permanência hospitalar (p <0,001). Óbito e reinternação hospitalar em 6 meses não se associaram com a desnutrição pela ANSGped. O tempo de internação hospitalar mostrou-se maior à medida que o RN aumentava, assim como a probabilidade de óbito e reinternação foi maior nas crianças com RN alto (p = <0,001) pela STRONGkids. Observou-se associação significativa entre a desnutrição moderada e grave, pela ASGped, e risco nutricional alto, através da STRONGkids, com EMAP reduzida (p<0,001). Quanto aos desfechos clínicos, observou-se tempo de internação maior nos pacientes com EMAP diminuída (p=0,001). Conclusão: Levando-se em consideração a antropometria e a ASGped, a maioria das crianças avaliadas encontrava-se eutrófica no momento da admissão hospitalar. A desnutrição e o RN estiveram associados a um maior tempo de internação hospitalar. A EMAP mostrou-se um método eficiente na detecção de desnutrição em pacientes pediátricos internados. / Introduction: Currently, there are several useful methods for nutritional assessment of children; however, there still is no gold-standard method for assessing the nutritional status of the pediatric population and for identifying malnutrition. Objective: To compare different methods of non-invasive nutritional assessment of hospitalized children. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 4-8.9-years old patients admitted to a pediatric hospital in Southern Brazil. The method used was convenience sampling, and the data was collected between December 2014 and February 2016. Patients in the intensive care unit and incapable of being orally fed were excluded from the research. General and socioeconomic information, as well as anthropometric data were collected. The Pediatric Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and STRONGkids questionnaires were also applied. The clinical data were collected from the patients' digital medical records. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (protocol 657,000) and by the Research Ethics Committee of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre (protocol 906,461). Results: A total of 455 children were included in the study, with a mean age of 75.0 ± 17.2 months. The median of hospital stay was 6 days (4–10). The most frequent reasons for hospitalization were surgical procedures (22.3%, n=103), and pulmonary (19.3%, n=88), neurological (13.8%, n=63), oncological (7.9%, n=36) and gastroenterological (6.8%, n=31) diseases. Of these, 75.8% (n=341) were eutrophic, according to the body mass index/age (BMI/A) parameter, 19.8% (n=89) were overweight, and 4.4% (n=20) were malnourished. According to the nutritional screening tool STRONGkids, 27.3% (n=124) of the children showed low nutritional risk (NR), 64.8% (n=295) moderate NR, and 7.9% (n=36) high NR. On the other hand, the GSNA ranked 86.8% (n=393) of the patients as eutrophic, 12.4% (n=56) as moderately malnourished, and 0.9% (n=4) as severely malnourished. In addition, it was found that malnutrition by pediatric SGA was significantly associated with a longer hospital stay. Death and hospital readmission at six months were not associated with malnutrition by pediatric SGA (p <0,001). The hospital stay was higher as the NR increased, as well as the probability of death and re-hospitalization was higher in children with high NR (p = <0.001) by STRONGkids. There was also a significant association between moderate and severe malnutrition, by SGA Ped, and high nutritional risk, through STRONGkids, with reduced EMAP (p <0.001). Regarding clinical outcomes, a longer hospital stay was observed in patients with impaired EMAP (p = 0.001). Conclusion: When considering anthropometry and pediatric SGA, most children evaluated were eutrophic at the time of hospital admission. Malnutrition and NR were associated with longer hospital stay. The use of EMAP has proven to be an efficient method for the detection of malnutrition in hospitalized pediatric patients.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1978.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1991.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1978.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin, School of Nursing, 1966. / Typewritten. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-91).