title: Self-care operations and nursing interventions for children with cancer and their parents.
abstract: As individuals assume more responsibility for their healthcare, nurses need to explore methods to support families' self-care practices. The purpose of this qualitative study was to: (a) determine what self-care and dependent-care operations children and parents perform to address self-care requisites, and (b) explore nursing interventions to promote operations. Orem's theory of self-care, theory of self-care deficit, and theory of nursing system were employed. Twenty-seven participants were interviewed about their cancer experiences. Results were that children and parents performed estimative, transitional, and productive operations to meet self-care requisites. Various nursing interventions that promoted these operations were identified. Recommendations were made for further interventions to support families.
authors.affiliation: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Jean Burley
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Asher E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Beckwitt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011582:Psychological Theory; D002666:Psychology, Child; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires