title: Pediatric patient-controlled analgesia: enhancing the self-care construct.
abstract: A review and research critique of nine medical and nursing studies indicates the successful use of pediatric patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). Orem's Self-Care Construct theoretically provides a nursing framework for analysis of these studies. Additionally, parental involvement in their child's pain control experience is examined, implying a new arena for nursing research.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vesely
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012648:Self Care