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[The adolescent with cleft lip and palate]
1Département des sciences de la santé de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
The Canadian Nurse
|May 9, 1998
Summary
Adolescents with cleft lip and palate face developmental challenges. An interdisciplinary team, including nurses, is crucial for their long-term well-being and coping strategies.
Area of Science:
- Craniofacial anomalies
- Adolescent psychology
Context:
- Adolescents with cleft lip, cleft palate, or both experience unique challenges.
- These issues can escalate if not managed proactively throughout development.
Purpose:
- To explore the challenges faced by adolescents with cleft lip and palate.
- To advocate for an interdisciplinary team approach, emphasizing the nurse's role.
- To propose a holistic and humanistic nursing model for supporting these adolescents.
Summary:
- Research highlights the multifaceted problems adolescents with cleft lip and palate encounter.
- An interdisciplinary team approach, involving the adolescent, is presented as an effective intervention.
- Nurses are identified as vital team members, promoting coping through therapeutic alliances and education.
Impact:
- Promotes a holistic and humanistic approach to adolescent care for cleft lip and palate.
- Encourages nurses to assert their professional roles and act as essential resources.
- Proposes a training model to enhance nurses' capacity in managing these complex patient needs.