The Impact of Family Strengths Oriented Therapeutic Conversations on Parents of Children with a New Chronic Illness Diagnosis.

A growing number of families with children are dealing with a new diagnosis of chronic illnesses or health problems that are demanding. Nurses are in a prime position to provide support and empowerment to these families. The aim of the study was to evaluate the benefits of two sessions of a Family Strengths Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) intervention, offered by advanced practice nurses (APNs) to mothers ( = 31) of children and adolescents in Iceland with newly diagnosed chronic illnesses/disorders.

The impact of nursing education and job characteristics on nurse's perceptions of their family nursing practice skills.

Background: Implementing family system nursing in clinical settings is on the rise. However, little is known about the impact of graduate school education as well as continuing education in family systems nursing (FSN) on nurses' perceptions of their family nursing practice.

Aims: To evaluate the level of nursing education, having taken a continuing hospital educational course in family system nursing (FN-ETI programme), and the impact of job characteristics on nurses' perceptions of their family nursing practice skills.

The process of translating family nursing knowledge into clinical practice.

Purpose: To report on approaches that were used to assist with implementation of family systems nursing (FSN) at a university hospital level in Northern Europe.

Design And Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was used for the first phase of the study. For the second phase, a cross-sectional research design was used.

How effective is a short-term educational and support intervention for families of an adolescent with type 1 diabetes?

Purpose: To study adaptation and coping strategies of parents who had adolescents with diabetes and the effect of a short-term educational and support intervention.

Design And Method: A quasi-experimental design was used in the study on 23 families of adolescents with diabetes.

Results: A significant difference was found between parents' coping patterns before the intervention.

[Childhood type 1 diabetes in Iceland; evaluation of quality of treatment].

Introduction: The importance of adequate metabolic control in Type 1 DM has been repeatedly demonstrated in recent years. The care of diabetic children and adolescents in Iceland is centralized to one unit. The aim of the study was to analyze the quality of treatment and acute complications of Icelandic children with Type 1 diabetes.