title: Nursing management of the school-age child with bowel incontinence: utilizing Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.
abstract: Fecal incontinence due to physical and emotional factors can be devastating to the self-esteem of a child in the school setting. Approaches to the nursing management of a child with this condition are evaluated. Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is used to analyze compensatory behaviors in the child, and to plan a system of nursing care that will foster autonomy. Dorothea E. Orem's conceptual framework of nursing, a self-care model, is the base for developing a comprehensive plan of care for the child to normalize mastery of psychosocial tasks.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005196:Family Therapy; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012573:School Nursing