title: Spiritual care of the school-age child with a chronic condition.
abstract: Chronic conditions present many challenges to the school-age child and the family that may create physical, psychosocial, and spiritual disruptions. The spiritual well-being of the child and family greatly influences coping and condition management. Therefore, spiritual assessment becomes an integral part of nursing care for these families. A case study describes the spirituality of the school-age child and the family within the context of having a chronic condition. Therapeutic play, bibliotherapy, and use of self are discussed, using the nursing process, as strategies to meet the spiritual needs of child and family.
authors.affiliation: College Misrecordia, Bloomsburg University, PA, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods