TY - JOUR
T1 - An added dimension to the pediatric health maintenance visit
T2 - The spiritual history
AU - McEvoy, Mimi
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - The initial pediatric health maintenance visit gives the nurse practitioner (NP) an opportunity to gather information about a family that can be used to advise an effective and culturally sensitive plan of care. NPs have a history of exploring spirituality as a segment of a family's culture to help children and their parents cope with an acute or chronic illness. However, spirituality should also be discussed with a family because it may affect their normal, everyday lives. Religious traditions, values, and ethical concerns may provide rich insight into a family's dynamic, which can increase an NP's understanding. The mnemonic B-E-L-I-E-F is used to guide NPs through a discussion of spirituality within a pediatric health care maintenance context. This framework, which incorporates an added dimension of spirituality into the health history, will further advance efforts to assist families in fostering optimal childhood growth and development during a routine health care maintenance visit.
AB - The initial pediatric health maintenance visit gives the nurse practitioner (NP) an opportunity to gather information about a family that can be used to advise an effective and culturally sensitive plan of care. NPs have a history of exploring spirituality as a segment of a family's culture to help children and their parents cope with an acute or chronic illness. However, spirituality should also be discussed with a family because it may affect their normal, everyday lives. Religious traditions, values, and ethical concerns may provide rich insight into a family's dynamic, which can increase an NP's understanding. The mnemonic B-E-L-I-E-F is used to guide NPs through a discussion of spirituality within a pediatric health care maintenance context. This framework, which incorporates an added dimension of spirituality into the health history, will further advance efforts to assist families in fostering optimal childhood growth and development during a routine health care maintenance visit.
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U2 - 10.1067/mph.2000.104608
DO - 10.1067/mph.2000.104608
M3 - Article
C2 - 11005883
AN - SCOPUS:0034285727
SN - 0891-5245
VL - 14
SP - 216
EP - 220
JO - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
JF - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
IS - 5
ER -