A literature review exploring role transitions in caring for a child requiring long-term ventilation
Emily Goss Clinical nurse specialist, children’s long-term ventilation team, hospital to home, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
In recent years, the UK and other high-income countries have seen an increase in the use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in paediatric intensive care (Neupane et al 2015). Children who need LTV often stay in hospital for 28 days or more.
Government policies advocate that children should be cared for at home (Noyes et al 2006), although medically stable LTV children often stay in hospital months longer than is necessary (NHS England 2015). Research shows that parents of these children develop a dual role as parents and nurses, which leads to role conflict and ambiguity (Hewitt-Taylor 2011).
Nursing Children and Young People.
29, 5, 16-16.
doi: 10.7748/ncyp.29.5.16.s20
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