Reaction of healthy siblings to chronic illness [fatal vs non-fatal]

The aim of the current study was to determine and compare reaction of healthy siblings to chronic illness fatal vs. non-fatal. 62 healthy siblings were selected, 30 of them were siblings of children with fatal chronic illness such as ALL, and tumors, and the rest 32 were siblings of children with non-fatal chronic illness such as heart, blood, chest, and kidney problems. A questionnaire sheet was developed to collect sociodemographic data of siblings and sick brother/sister, and data about healthy siblings reaction to chronic illness. Their reaction was determined from 4 main areas: Information about illness of brother/sister, responsibilities toward sick child, feelings about sibling's illness, and their opinion about negative effect of sibling's illness on self and family

effect of hospitalization and surgery on self-esteem of school age children

The study aimed at investigating the effect of hospitalization and surgery on self-esteem of school-age children. A comparison of self- esteem of three groups of children was done, 50 children from the outpatient clinics [near normal group or GI], 30 children from the medical wards [medical group or G2], and 30 children from the surgical ward [surgical group or G3]. A questionnaire sheet was designed to collect sociodemographic and illness related date. Coopersmith self- esteem inventory was also used to collect data related to self-esteem. The study concluded that, hospitalization and surgery had great effect on school-age children's self-esteem. The study results emphasized the importance of fostering self-esteem for children hospitalized for surgical conditions

impact of nursing observations on health status outcome of high risk neonates

A descriptive-comparative study was conducted to investigate and compare the impact of nursing observation on health status outcome of high risk neonate [between full terms and preterms in one hand, and between discharged alive and died neonates in the other hand]. The samples of the study consisted of 100 high risk neonates; of them there were 70 full terms, and 30 preterms, 83 discharged alive and 17 died before discharge. The main findings of the study indicated that, there were significant differences between full term and preterm neonates, as well as between neonates who discharged alive and those who died, in relation to body measurements, and vital signs at all days of the first week after admission. Results also, proved that nursing observations agreed with heath status outcome of the high risk neonates. Yellow skin conformed with jaundice, cyanosis conformed with pneumonia and hyperthermia conformed with septicemia. Also, nursing observation during the first week of life of a maintained decline of body weight and instability of pulse and respiration rates can be considered high risk indices of death of the neonate

relationship between stress level and students fears and concerns about their pediatric nursing experience

The sample of the study comprised of a group of 37 students enrolled in pediatric nursing semester of 1990-1991 school year. Stress level was measured by a modified stress likert Scale, which yields three scores; total, physical, and emotional. Fears and concerns about pediatric nursing experience were assessed by a designed questionnaire, which yields four scores: total dealing with children, pediatric nursing courses student-staff relationship. Stress level and fears and concerns were measured twice, at the beginning and concerns were measured twice, at the beginning and the end of the learning experience [pre-test and post-test]. The main findings of this study indicated the presence of no statistically significant differences between mean scores of fears concerns and in the pre- and post-tests for the total score [t= 5.46, p <0.0001], dealing with children [t= 6.06, p <0.0001], and pediatric nursing course [t= 5.46, p <0.0001], dealing with children [t= 6.06, p <0.0001], and pediatric nursing course [t= -5.29, p <0.0001]. These results indicated that the students' fears and concerns about their experience were decreased in the post-test in these areas