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Treating abdominal pain in young people
- Source :
- Emergency Nurse. 22:31-35
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- RCN Publishing Ltd., 2015.
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Abstract
- A common complaint in children, abdominal pain can be clinically challenging for healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat. Accurate assessment and thorough investigations, combined with the measurement and monitoring of vital signs, are essential to eliminate any underlying conditions. Self-reporting tools can be used to aid communication with children, who may have difficulties articulating their thoughts and feelings. This article refers to a case study to discuss the care of children who present to emergency departments (EDs) with abdominal pain. It suggests that children's nursing students can be valuable assets in busy EDs because they have the knowledge and skills required to care for young people.
- Subjects :
- Abdominal pain
medicine.medical_specialty
Health professionals
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
Vital signs
food and beverages
Emergency Nursing
Patient assessment
Aid communication
medicine.disease
Feeling
Complaint
Physical therapy
Medicine
Medical emergency
medicine.symptom
business
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20478984 and 13545752
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emergency Nurse
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6c5e73414f946688c32dbfb1c2b91f8b