Self-care operations and nursing interventions for children with cancer and their parents.
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.
Moore
Jean Burley
JB
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Beckwitt
Asher E
AE
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