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A Modified Trier Social Stress Test for Vulnerable Mexican American Adolescents
Published on: July 10, 2017
[Identification of family vulnerability in clinical practice]
Myriam Aparecida Mandetta Pettengill1, Margareth Angelo
1Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). mpettengill@denf.epm.br
Abstract:
In this paper we present a report of a clinical situation in which we identified the vulnerability of the family, propitiating to pediatric nurses the use of this concept in their practice and intervention with families. The study was carried out with a family that was going through a situation of a child illness and hospitalization. The vulnerability was identified in the interactions of family members with the illness, with other family members and with the health staff, and served as a guide for planning the nursing assistance. The interventions led to the strengthening of the family to face the situation and, for pediatric nurses, the recognition of the importance of using the results of theoretical research in their professional practice.
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