Psychosocial reactions of children with cancer. A program for rehabilitation.
The diagnosis of cancer in children challenges all the skills of the pediatric nurse. She utilizes her basic knowledge of development, family dynamics, and disease process. She explores all the implications of long-term illness. She assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for the child and his family. She acts as liaison, teacher, and counselor. She is the advocate for the child and his family. As an active member of the team she is instrumental in the process of rehabilitation for the child, physically and emotionally. She can help the child to live with cancer and assure quality of life in the days granted him.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012917:Social Adjustment