An evidence-based eating disorder program.
The Children's Hospital of Denver has an internationally renowned outpatient-inpatient treatment program for children, adolescents, and young adults with eating disorders (EDs). A unique feature of this ED program is its inpatient location on a medical unit. The nurses are medically trained, yet their patients with EDs have complex emotional and psychological problems. To address the special needs of these patients, a child life specialist worked in collaboration with other members of an ED health care team to create a program better serving ED pediatric patients. An evidence-based approach was used to drive this program. The child life specialist queried other health care facilities for best practice ideas, searched the literature, and analyzed unit-based ED data to design a program matching the needs of the patients.
Breiner
Sandra
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Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218, USA. Breiner.Sandra@tchden.org
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016896:Treatment Outcome