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Nursing assessment and diagnosis of respiratory distress in infants by children's nurses
Author(s) -
ARMITAGE GERRY
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00215.x
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , nursing diagnosis , pediatric nursing , nurse education , nursing practice , nursing assessment , holistic nursing , nursing outcomes classification , medline , medical diagnosis , team nursing , pathology , political science , law
• Many children's nurses have significant contact with children who have breathing difficulties and should be using systematic criteria to assess their nursing needs. • Children's nurses do not appear to follow systematic criteria but are strongly influenced by the medical model and this may be detrimental to holistic assessment and the development of nursing diagnoses based on nursing needs. • As nursing, along with other disciplines, develops evidence‐based practice, childern's nurses should develop evidence for best practice mindful of children's views, parental needs and the education of future practitioners.