Deliverance: A Mother's Journey from the Roadside to the Operating Room

Abstract

Sometimes I wonder why I wandered into the nursing profession, but in the past few years it has become clear--I became a nurse to look after my son. As we journey through life we try to predict and plan our future. Life twists and turns in so many ways just like my son's life when one fateful day those plans and predictions were smashed. I recount, as a mother my son's journey into your hands ... the operating room. Some names have been changed.

It is a marathon rather than a sprint: an initial exploration of unmet needs and support preferences of caregivers of children with SCI

“…On average, participating families had been coping with life with SCI for 8 years. Their narratives suggest there is a need to develop and strengthen ongoing family-centered systems of care and interventions in pediatric rehabilitation [31,[38][39][40][41]. Specific to pediatric injuries, children cycle through a variety of developmental stages and deal with their injuries differently over time.…”