Reflections on T. Berry Brazelton, MD's influence on pediatric nursing.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide examples of Dr. Brazelton's important influence on pediatric nursing, and by extension, the work of child psychiatric mental health nurses, the care of children and families, and ultimately, the healthcare delivery system.

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Factors associated with difficult toilet training.

Objective: To identify temperament and behavioral patterns in children with difficult toilet training and to compare those children with same-aged toilet-trained children.

Methods: We compared 46 referred clinic patients who were difficult toilet trainers (DTT) with 62 comparison children (CC) using the Carey-McDevitt Behavioral Style Questionnaire, the Parenting Scale, and a questionnaire of toilet-training history.

Results: CC were more likely to have easy temperaments (odds ratio [OR]: 33.

Touchpoints: changing the face of pediatric nurse practitioner education.

Touchpoints is an interdisciplinary relational model of healthcare primarily used with parents and young children. The underlying premise of the Touchpoints approach is to support the parent/child relationship during the health encounter by enhancing parents' efforts to optimize their child's physical and psychological development. Nurse practitioners who use this approach in practice find they are able to connect quickly to the parents' most urgent concerns for their child.