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Nutritional Deficits In Children With Cancer: A Situation‐Specific Theory
Author(s) -
Teixeira Iane Ximenes,
Lopes Marcos Venícios,
Diniz Camila Maciel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12287
Subject(s) - temporality , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , nursing practice , construct (python library) , clinical practice , nursing research , cancer , psychology , nursing theory , medicine , developmental psychology , medline , nursing , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , political science , law , programming language
PURPOSE To construct a situation‐specific theory (SST) to represent nutritional deficits for assessing children with cancer. DATA SOURCES Literature review. DATA SYNTHESIS The SST included the definition of key concepts, a pictorial scheme, propositions, causal relationships, and evidence for nursing practice. CONCLUSIONS It was possible to characterize the elements as antecedent and consequent clinical factors to allow for an understanding of the existing relationships between them and their temporality. These elements differed considerably from those included in NANDA International. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE This study provides additional information so that nurses in clinical practice can infer the presence of nutritional deficits in children with cancer early, given the risk already inherent in the diagnosis of cancer and treatment.