This article reports on seven cases of night terror disorder in children with no previous history of parasomnias, or night time disturbance. All children were admitted to a metropolitan children’s hospital with a traumatic fracture of the femur and treated with Thomas’ traction splint, a phenomenon not previously reported in the literature. The characteristic presentation of a night terror is described and a strategy for immediate nursing management of a night terror is suggested. Various forms of projective play therapy as a safe short-term treatment are described to assist children with night terror disorder.
Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2019.e1147
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Gardner A (2019) Treatment and management of seven children with fractured femurs experiencing night terrors in hospital: a case study. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2019.e1147
Published online: 25 February 2019
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