The Essence of Pediatric Nursing—Translating Evidence to Improve Pediatric Nursing Care for Children, Their Parents and Families

The influence of personality traits and socio‐demographic characteristics on paediatric nurses' compassion satisfaction and fatigue

“…This children's hospital initiates bonuses and programmes for group social activities and regular debriefing with priests and managers for the staff. Workplace support aimed at preventing exhaustive compassion fatigue is both helpful and important for paediatric nurses (Christian, ; Sterling, ). A supportive workplace culture has been widely recognized as a positive buffer to compassion fatigue, burnout, absenteeism and turnover in nursing.…”

“…The study consisted of three parts, the first collected socio-demographic information such as age, gender, education status, types of ward, nursing seniority, nursing longevity, marital status, having a child of one's own, religion affiliation, engaging with outdoor activities and annual family income (Chen, 2014). The second part assessed the experience of helping vulnerable others using the "Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test" in the Chinese version (CSFT-Chinese) (Figley, 1995;Hsu, 2009;Stamm, 2002).…”

“…Caring work in the childhood illness context is unique and contributes to the emotional vulnerability of nurses. The everyday caregiving for children with chronic illness or in paediatric intensive care units means that paediatric nurses confront the recurrence of pain and suffering and death and dying, of critically ill children as ordinary facets of their work (Christian, ; Sterling, ). This contrasts markedly with the general expectation of a child's life and growth.…”

Relacionamentos entre pais e profissionais da saúde no final de vida da criança com câncer hospitalizada: encontros que sobrevivem ao tempo

“…A literatura sobre enfermagem pediátrica e cuidado da família reforça as múltiplas dimensões do cuidado na prática, sendo que a colaboração é um dos conceitos básicos das interações inter-profissionais (Harris et al, 2016;McDonald, McCallin, 2010) ou com a família (IPFCC, 2015;Bertakis, Azari, 2011, IOM, 2001. A criação de um contexto de colaboração com os cuidadores da criança favorece o cuidado na situação de doença, por nutrir a cultura de um ambiente de alto padrão em relação à qualidade do cuidado (Lor, Crooks, Tlucek, 2016;Christian, 2011Christian, , 2013 (Baird et al, 2015;Family Voices, 2013;Harrison, 2010).…”