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  • The nursing assessment of infants with bronchiolitis

    Author(s)
    Davies, Clare
    Waters, Donna
    Marshall, Andrea
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Marshall, Andrea
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of morbidity and hospitalization in infants under the age of one year. Supportive treatments and regular assessment remain the mainstay of care for infants admitted to hospital. Nurses play an important role in the assessment of infants with bronchiolitis; however, this is not well described in the literature and consequently little is known about what strategies nurses employ in assessing infants with bronchiolitis. The aim of this study was to explore bronchiolitis assessment in the context of nursing practice. A naturalistic inquiry study was undertaken using think aloud and retrospective ...
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    Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of morbidity and hospitalization in infants under the age of one year. Supportive treatments and regular assessment remain the mainstay of care for infants admitted to hospital. Nurses play an important role in the assessment of infants with bronchiolitis; however, this is not well described in the literature and consequently little is known about what strategies nurses employ in assessing infants with bronchiolitis. The aim of this study was to explore bronchiolitis assessment in the context of nursing practice. A naturalistic inquiry study was undertaken using think aloud and retrospective probing data collection methods. The results revealed that the information gathered by nurses in their assessment of infants with bronchiolitis was varied and the process of acquiring and evaluating this information was multifaceted and holistic in nature. A close partnership between the nurse and mother was identified, and the mother’s expert knowledge and ability to identify subtle changes in the infant’s clinical condition over time was essential to the assessment process. The assessment partnership with families provides nurses with the most comprehensive and holistic view of the infant’s clinical condition and vital assessment information could be lost if this partnership does not occur.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Child Health Care
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493517697480
    Subject
    Paediatrics
    Nursing
    Reproductive medicine not elsewhere classified
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/348629
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