title: Enhancing pediatric health care with music.
abstract: The pediatric nurse practitioner can use music therapeutically in a variety of clinical situations. Literature supports the effectiveness of music in reducing anxiety based on psychologic and physiological outcomes. Music also enhances standard therapeutic modalities and increases patient satisfaction. Specific interventions should be based on the child's stage be based on the child's stage of development.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Winkelstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome