title: Use of a theoretical framework in paediatric intensive care to provide support for parents of children with severe meningococcal disease.
abstract: The impact on parents of having a child admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with meningococcal disease (MD) is discussed. Analysis, synthesis and evaluation of how nurses within a PICU can use a theoretical framework to identify and facilitate a decision-making process, regarding the support required by the parents of these children, is outlined. Peplau's interpersonal/conceptual framework is used as a basis for the investigation.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of England, Bristol/Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, Bristol, BS2 8BJ. Jchaines@aol.com
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haines
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations