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- The text explores the challenges that parental caregivers face when coping with their child's cancer, emphasizing the need for interventions to support them.
- While many parents adapt to the situation, a large number experience post-traumatic stress symptoms, and the change dynamics significantly impact family identity and structure.
- Nurses play a crucial role in helping these families navigate this tough transition and can implement strategies to alleviate long-term distress.
Article Abstract
Objectives: To discuss the needs and potential interventions for parental caregivers of children with cancer.
Data Sources: Published articles between 2002 and 2012.
Conclusion: In general, parents do adjust and cope with their child's cancer, but a significant majority experience post-traumatic stress symptoms. Families also report that the shift to parenting a child with cancer is very disruptive to identity and family structure and can cause negative outcomes for mothers, father, and siblings. There is growing evidence of post-traumatic growth and resilience in parents of children with cancer. Recent studies have suggested that targeted interventions may relieve distress.
Implications For Nursing Practice: Nurses can support families in the difficult transition to having a child with cancer and may be able to intervene to reduce long-term distress in families.
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