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Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas1, Renata Clemente Dos Santos-Rodrigues1, José Nildo de Barros Silva Júnior1
1Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Objective:
To map the nursing theories developed to meet children's needs.
Method:
The JBI methodology and the PRISMA guided this scoping review. The search took place between October and November 2021, based on the PCC mnemonic: P (Population) - a child aged 0 to 9 years; C (Concept) - nursing theories; C (Context) - nursing.
Results:
We identified 2,242 publications and selected 21 manuscripts consisting of nursing theories to meet children's feeding needs, child pain, a child with asthma, diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, Congenital Zika Syndrome, autism spectrum disorder; theory for care in Intensive Care Units; health promotion to premature babies; procedures in Intensive Care Units; theory for nursing diagnosis ineffective breathing pattern in children with congenital heart disease; sleep associated with child development; parent-child interaction; nurse-child relationship; and child's consultation.
Conclusion:
The nursing theories mapped have the potential to outline the course of nursing care to children's needs highlighted in the studies that made up the sample.
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