Holistic Healing: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing Psychosomatic and Mental Health Challenges in a Young Refugee.

Our hypothetical case study depicts the experience of a newly arrived refugee child, a 10-year-old refugee from war-torn Kyiv, Ukraine. She presented with symptoms of anxiety-related physical complaints following displacement and relocation to the United States. This case study illustrates the care provided by a pediatric nurse practitioner.

Expanding Labor Support Education to Nurses Caring for Women in Labor.

The ability to provide emotional and physical support to a patient during one of the most significant moments of her life is a privilege afforded to intrapartum nurses who attend to laboring and delivering patients. Labor support improves birth outcomes, reduces cesarean birth rates, and decreases anesthesia use. Within the hospital context, this quality improvement project investigated the effects of educating intrapartum nurses about labor support and providing them with hands-on training.

An update on practice guidelines for primary care treatment of pediatric migraine.

Headaches are a frequent reason for children and adolescents to seek healthcare, and such visits include pediatric ED visits. Headache-related school absences can affect academic performance. Diagnosing and treating headaches in this population can be challenging for the primary care NP.

Chronic neurological conditions in the classroom: a school nurse curriculum for sustaining a healthy learner.

Technologic and pharmacologic advances have improved school attendance for students with chronic neurological conditions. Supporting the special needs of these students presents challenges for parents, school nurses, school staff, and health care providers. Many school nurses have less confidence in managing some neurological conditions, thus identifying a need for continuing education.

Using principles of quality and safety education for nurses in school nurse continuing education.

School nurses require ongoing continuing education in a number of areas. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) framework can be utilized in considering school nurses' roles and developing continuing education. Focusing on neurology continuing education, the QSEN framework is illustrated with the example of concussion management in athletes.

Profile of daily life in children with brain tumors: an assessment of health-related quality of life.

Purpose: The survival of children with CNS tumors approaches 70%, yet health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been investigated rigorously in this population. We aimed to show that universal assessment of HRQOL could be obtained easily by using the PedsQL 4.0 and to provide a composite profile of their daily lives.

Brain stem glioma: two case studies.

The paths taken by each family in coming to terms with the dismal prognosis associated with brain stem glioma can be quite different. The case studies of 2 school-age girls diagnosed with a brain stem glioma within weeks of each other are presented. The multi-disciplinary team response to each family was individualized at each stage of diagnosis, treatment, and end-of-life care, as expected.