extract: sever coughs of the little zahra who has 8 months old informed you even before that her parents inter to the ward. zahra's developmental needs in terms of emotional, physical and social will required a detailed cares in her hospitalization period. but at this time her breathing problem may attracted your attention. needs and differences of the mentioned infant explain below. zahra...

BACKGROUND Expectant fathers consider the second-trimester obstetric ultrasound examination as an important step towards parenthood, but are ill prepared for a detection of a fetal anomaly. Inductive research is scarce concerning their experiences and needs for support. Consequently, the aim of this study was to explore the emotional and cognitive experiences, during the time of diagnosis and d...

BACKGROUND The introduction of the Ghana national health insurance scheme (NHIS) has led to progressive and significant increase in utilization of health services. However, the financial burden of caring for children with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) under the dispensation of the NHIS, especially during hospitalization, is less researched. This paper therefore sought to assess the financial...

BACKGROUND Professionalism in nursing means the provision of medical and nursing services based on the best knowledge and skills, as well as on great responsibility for the undertaken actions. The opinions of patients and their families concerning professionalism, reflected in the level of satisfaction, contribute to the improvement of the quality of services offered. MATERIAL AND METHODS The...

Children with disabilities are a fast-growing group in all societies, and their situation is often strained not only by their disability itself but also by a lot of other challenging circumstances they have to face. What are included in these challenging situations and what can we as qualitative researchers do to improve their situation? It is estimated that about 15Á20% of all people in the wo...

Children with an intellectual disability often demonstrate lack of cooperation during dental treatment and require behavioral management. A child with mild intellectual disability can be managed adequately using restraints and medication. However, in cases of profound intellectual disability, dental treatment under general anesthesia is usually required. In cases where the patient is an intelle...

OBJECTIVE To document levels of stress in parents of children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) over the course of hospitalization and to pilot a psychological intervention program designed to teach parents techniques for managing stress associated with their child's illness and hospitalization. METHODS Twenty-two mothers of children (ages 2-16) undergoing BMT were followed prospec...

Attempts to identify problems connected with the hospitalization ofyoung children have usually focused on the children themselves and paid little attention to the children's parents. Nevertheless there is ample support in the literature for the commonsense notion that parents, and especially mothers, may suffer extreme distress over their children's illness, hospitalization, and surgery (Skippe...

background there are different risk factors that affect the intensive care unit (icu) stay after cardiac surgery. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate possible risk factors influencing prolonged icu stay in a large referral hospital. patients and methods we conducted a case-control study to determinate causes of prolonged icu stay in 280 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery in ...