title: Life-threatening situations: supporting the child survivor and the family.
abstract: Children encounter life-threatening situations through trauma as well as acute and chronic illnesses. These life-threatening situations are not only potentially physically incapacitating but also emotionally scarring. Using Jillings' model for life-threatening illnesses, nurses are able to assess and intervene with child survivors and their families to insure optimum psychological and emotional outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parent-Child Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*