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aumatic approach in pediatric nursing otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
Majda Oštir1, Janja Gržinić2
1 University Medical Centre Ljubljana, The Division of Paediatrics, Zaloška cesta 2,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Supporting the family is crucial in the process of adapting children to the hos-
pital environment and treatment. The atraumatic care of children and adoles-
cents is a field of nursing, which in the given situation enables the maximum de-
velopment of both the child and the family. Pain and illness significantly affect
the child's development. Principles of atraumatic care are: preventing or re-
ducing the separation of the child from parents, promoting, encouraging and
ensuring the possibility of control in the process of treatment and nursing and
preventing injuries and pain. In hospitals, it is necessary to ensure the constant
presence of parents, with whom, through professional communication and ne-
gotiation, an agreement is reached on the level of participation in health care.
Parents who are regularly informed by health professionals and are involved in
care are less stressed and their children are more easily adapted to the hospi-
tal environment. Feelings of lack of control result in physical and psychological
obstacles, which can be prevented by an individual health care plan. The child
should be given the possibility of control according to his age and stage of de-
velopment. Multidisciplinary approach is the best for treatment of pain in chil-
dren. This includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques, such
as: good information, cognitive-behavioral and distraction techniques, and are
described as the most effective in managing pain in pediatrics.
Keywords: child, hospital, pain, atraumatic nursing care
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Majda Oštir1, Janja Gržinić2
1 University Medical Centre Ljubljana, The Division of Paediatrics, Zaloška cesta 2,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Supporting the family is crucial in the process of adapting children to the hos-
pital environment and treatment. The atraumatic care of children and adoles-
cents is a field of nursing, which in the given situation enables the maximum de-
velopment of both the child and the family. Pain and illness significantly affect
the child's development. Principles of atraumatic care are: preventing or re-
ducing the separation of the child from parents, promoting, encouraging and
ensuring the possibility of control in the process of treatment and nursing and
preventing injuries and pain. In hospitals, it is necessary to ensure the constant
presence of parents, with whom, through professional communication and ne-
gotiation, an agreement is reached on the level of participation in health care.
Parents who are regularly informed by health professionals and are involved in
care are less stressed and their children are more easily adapted to the hospi-
tal environment. Feelings of lack of control result in physical and psychological
obstacles, which can be prevented by an individual health care plan. The child
should be given the possibility of control according to his age and stage of de-
velopment. Multidisciplinary approach is the best for treatment of pain in chil-
dren. This includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques, such
as: good information, cognitive-behavioral and distraction techniques, and are
described as the most effective in managing pain in pediatrics.
Keywords: child, hospital, pain, atraumatic nursing care
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