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Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit

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Wilson, T; Broome, ME
Published in: Heart Lung
1989

Young children are much more emotionally vulnerable to hospitalization than are adults. The admission of a child to an intensive care unit (ICU) is stress-producing and can affect the child's ability to develop at an optimal level. This article provides the ICU nurse with a working knowledge of normal growth and developmental patterns of infants and toddlers. Internal strengths of the child, external supports, and environmental manipulation that the nurse can use to promote the critically ill child's growth and development and support the child in coping with hospitalization are presented. Discussion centers on the child experiencing an acute crisis that requires long-term intensive monitoring, rather than on the chronically ill child.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Heart Lung

ISSN

0147-9563

Publication Date

1989

Volume

18

Start / End Page

274 / 279

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
  • Infant Care
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Child Development
  • Child Care
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Wilson, T., & Broome, M. E. (1989). Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit. Heart Lung, 18, 274–279.
Wilson, T., and M. E. Broome. “Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit.” Heart Lung 18 (1989): 274–79.
Wilson T, Broome ME. Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit. Heart Lung. 1989;18:274–9.
Wilson, T., and M. E. Broome. “Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit.” Heart Lung, vol. 18, 1989, pp. 274–79.
Wilson T, Broome ME. Promoting the young child's development in the intensive care unit. Heart Lung. 1989;18:274–279.
Journal cover image

Published In

Heart Lung

ISSN

0147-9563

Publication Date

1989

Volume

18

Start / End Page

274 / 279

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
  • Infant Care
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Child Development
  • Child Care
  • 4205 Nursing