Yueh-Ling Wang | PubMed Health

PubMed2006

[Therapeutic play].

Atraumatic care is one of the important principles in pediatric nursing. Immature cognitive development, however, and limited coping ability exacerbate tension when children are ill and require hospitalization. Therapeutic play has been demonstrated as an effective nursing intervention. Through therapeutic play, children can acquire opportunities to express themselves and deal with stress related to health experiences. Also, nurses can gain insights into children's cognition, perception, and needs. This paper introduces concepts of therapeutic play. We hope that nurses will be able to incorporate it into pediatric nursing practice and provide care as atraumatically as possible.

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PubMed2005

[A concept analysis of health].

Health, the reason for the nursing profession's existence, is the core purpose behind all nursing knowledge. The nature of nursing care is determined by the appreciation of health concepts. For a long time, the multidimensional, complex and changing characteristics of health have not been completely analyzed in Taiwan. The purpose of this article is to define health in terms of the concept analysis method of Walker and Avent (1995). The results show that: health is a process and outcome that involves subjectivity, individuality, objectivity, culture, dynamics, self-control, external control, changeability, and development. The clarification of health concepts will be important and useful to the theoretical basis of nursing practice, to the development of both theory and research, and especially for the development of instruments.

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