High expectations. Nurses who work with children who might die.
A pediatric oncology nurse, by strengthening her base from which to practice, can continue to work effectively with children who might die. This strengthening process involves developing a heightened awareness toward children's as well as her own thoughts about illness and death. It involves adapting cognitively, emotionally, and philosophically to working with children who may die.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010684:Philosophy; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013727:Terminal Care