title: Linear scleroderma: a Neuman nursing perspective.
abstract: Although quite a rare pediatric disease, linear scleroderma (LS), a chronic disease, may leave scarring and may have devastating effects on a child and family. This article provides an overview of the disease, presents a case history of a boy with LS, and discusses how nurses and other health-team members assisted the child and family in managing the illness. The description of the nursing care is based on the Neuman systems model and on the nursing diagnoses of fear, disturbed self-concept, and impaired physical mobility.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hartley
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept