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Objective: to describe the strategies to be used in the continuing education of nursing professionals about end-of-life palliative care in pediatric oncology. Methods: qualitative research, data collection through semi-structured interviews. Twenty-nine nursing professionals who work in the pediatric sector of an oncology reference hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro participated in the study. Data were processed by the Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires software using the descending hierarchical classification method. Results: educational strategies with nursing professionals should include a psychological approach, have the presence of a multidisciplinary team, be carried out in groups, periodically, and encourage participation and interaction. Conclusion: the study results show that to promote continuing education it is necessary to use strategies that facilitate the verbalization of feelings and emotions and that go beyond technical competence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To understand the meaning of comfort for adolescents with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory study with qualitative approach, developed with adolescents with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Data collection was performed through a semi-structured interview and the data were analyzed through content analysis. Results: 10 male and female adolescents participated in the study, aged between 10 and 18 years, length of hospitalization ranging from one to 15 days, white ethnicity and infirmary hospitalization sector predominated in the sample of six adolescents. Content analysis revealed two categories: comfort in the daily life of adolescents with cancer undergoing chemotherapy; the impact on the comfort of adolescents with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Conclusion: The adolescents presented meanings of comfort in a positive way to their daily life regarding satisfaction, well-being, support of health professionals and the physical structure of the institution; as discomforts related to the development of symptoms, functional alterations, time of hospitalization and removal from the support network of family and friends. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To develop and validate the content of the booklet on chemotherapy treatment for children with cancer. Methods: This was a methodological study of the elaboration and validation of technologies type, developed between September 2015 and March 2017, developed in five stages: situational diagnosis, literature review, selection and summarization of content, text elaboration, creation of images and layout. The evaluation of the booklet was carried out by 10 expert judges with experience in the field of pediatric oncology using the Delphi Technique. The acceptable level of agreement for the Content Validation Indices of items, category and global was adopted as values equal to or greater than 0.80. Results: The booklet underwent two rounds of evaluation. Items in the content, language, illustrations, organization, layout, relevance and clinical applicability categories had a CVI ≥0.80, with a Global CVI of 0.96. Conclusion: The booklet was considered a validated instructional didactic technology, with clinical applicability and relevance in the field of pediatric oncology, after two stages of validation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To identify the level of engagement and satisfaction of nursing professionals in working with children undergoing cancer treatment. Methods: This is an exploratory descriptive study, carried out with 41 professionals from the pediatric inpatient units of the children's and maternity hospital, using a questionnaire with sociodemographic data, an open question of job satisfaction and a self-administered questionnaire to assess engagement, applied in the month of August 2018. Results: Data analysis showed high engagement of professionals at work, with a total average score of 4.62, high in force and absorption and very high in dedication. Conclusion: The data show the need for greater attention and support for these professionals to maintain levels of engagement at work, which influences the quality of care provided, and is relevant to the health of the nursing team and patient safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Childhood cancer is currently one of the leading causes of illness in children. The diagnosis of a posterior fossa tumors triggers a series of invasive treatments that abruptly alter the biopsychosocial context in which the child is adapted. Therefore, cognitive deficits appear as direct consequences of this process and significantly reflect on poor school performance and intellectual impairments. Considering these observations, the present work aims to investigate, through an integrative literature review, the advances in scientific production about the neuropsychological impact, especially the late effects of treatment, involved in the diagnosis of children with pediatric tumors of the posterior fossa. Articles indexed in the MEDLINE databases (PubMed) were searched; LILACS; SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), Google Scholar and Cochrane Library were searched. 163 articles were found and analyzed using their title and abstract. After meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 55 articles were read in full version and finally a total of 22 original articles were selected for interpretation, discussion and presentation of data. It was observed difficulties of consensus in the literature as to which specific cognitive skills are impaired, despite consistent global intellectual decline and evidence of changes in brain white matter that are commonly related to processing speed. In addition, there are important risk factors for low intellectual performance, such as: early age at diagnosis, sex, radiotherapy treatment or combined with chemotherapy, post-surgical neurological complications and ataxia. Finally, it is concluded that there is a implicite necessity for formulating a more consensual methodology in the literature, through more careful analysis in the inclusion of patients in the studies and especially considering the risk factors indicated by the literature. It is also suggested the implementation of longitudinal neuropsychological assessments in order to identify both preoperative effects of tumor growth and late effects of cancer treatment, which seem to extend even 10 years after the child's clinical stabilization. Moreover, with these advances, it can be possible to obtain sufficient data to develop strategies for specific cognitive interventions that can promote better academic and intelelectual performance, as well as the children's quality of life adaptation, both during and after cancer treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The study aimed to explore the perspective of parents of children with cancer when searching for information at different points in the treatment. Method: This is a descriptive study with qualitative data analysis. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 parents at two public hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Results: We did not observe a pattern in the search for information during the disease trajectory, but different needs regarding the type of information as the child or adolescent advances within the therapeutic plan. The primary sources of information were: doctors, other health professionals than nurses and the internet. The doctor remains the reference as a source of information. Nurses presented a very modest role concerning their possibilities to serve as educators and information providers. Parents stressed the need for precise and individualized information. Conclusions: The professionals involved in the care for this population are expected to be ready to provide information and to adopt strategies to simplify the information given to enable these families for care and for the decision-making process during treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Diagnosis of cancer in children and adolescents may affect relationships and family dynamics, apart from provoking suffering and fears due to mistrust on the discovery, treatment, and control of the disease. Considering the above, the purpose of this study is to understand what families face when cancer is diagnosed in children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross-cutting and qualitative study was carried out at the Oncology High Complexity Center Irmã Malvina de Montes Claros-MG. For the purposes of this research, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 27 family caregivers of children and adolescents with cancer who met the inclusion criteria. Later, the data were tabulated and analyzed using the content analysis technique. This study was authorized by the Research Ethics Committee under report 2.536.184/2018. Results: Once data had been analyzed, it was possible to draw up a socioeconomic profile of the family member and an epidemiological profile of the child patient. Most of the family members were female who were related to the child patient in the first grade of consanguinity and devoted their time to activities related to the care of the child. With respect to the epidemiology, about 55% of the cases were related to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Discussion: Results were grouped into three categories covering the initial impact of the diagnosis, knowledge as a form of relief, and strategies for coping with the disease. Conclusions: It was observed that the diagnosis of cancer in children and adolescents has a great impact on family dynamics, generating hurtful and desperate feelings in these families, which trigger the search for alternatives to face this illness that can be adapted to this new reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to know the child's perception of cancer treatment on the experience of the disease. Methods: A descriptive, observational study with a qualitative approach. Participants were seven children with cancer through semi-structured interviews and data were analyzed using content analysis. Results: Four categories were identified: Impediments and limitations to cope with the disease; Playing and Learning; Imagining be different from the hospital environment; Experiencing fear and discomfort of procedures. Conclusion: The diagnosis of cancer in children and hospitalization are factors that deprive their routine activities and carry them emotional and physical discomfort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Although there have been great advances in oncologic therapy, cancer still presents itself as a diagnostic disease related to the fear of death, which causes pain in the affected child and her family. In any case, caregivers experience drastic changes in their routines and suffer during the treatment of children with cancer, so seek support strategies that helps them to confront this adverse situation. Objective: To investigate the role of religion and spirituality as a coping mechanism used by family caregivers front of childhood cancer. Materials and Methods: The place where the research was conducted was the Institute for the Support of Children with Cancer in the municipality of Barbalha (CE). The subjects were family caregivers and the instrument for data collection was one semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed by a Thematic Analysis. Results: Data were crowded into two themes: faith as a source of support in delicate moments of treatment and expectations for the end of treatment. Discussion: Reports showed the use of religion and spirituality as components inherent in coping with childhood cancer by family caregivers. Conclusions: The search for the religion and the use of spirituality by caregivers is very present during the confrontation of childhood cancer. Thus, health professionals should be a source of respect and support the beliefs, religion and values of family caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Family adaptation to a child's oncological cancer is an extremely complex process which requires the family to acquire new fundamental abilities and to rearrange their lifestyle. The goal of this study was to make a contribution towards better-quality pediatric nursing, by including family members as effective partners in care-giving. A quantitative descriptive study was carried out, involving administration of the following data collection instruments: Structured Interview; Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale II (FACES II); Inventário de Respostas à Doença nos Filhos (IRDF - inventory of Responses to the Illness of the Children); and the Inventário sobre a Perceção da Relação Enfermeiro-Pais (IPREP - Inventory of Responses of the Nurse-Parent Relationship). A sample of 130 relatives of children with oncological disease participated in this study. The results indicate that family members perceived their family as being united, flexible and moderately balanced. They demonstrated good organization in the face of disease, expressing less intensely attitudes of disbelief than states of depression. The family valued nursing care, especially with regard to child-centered care and communication. Knowing the experiences of family members of children with oncological illness helps nurses to identify the family's needs and difficulties and to identify intervention strategies to help families adapt to oncological illness in the child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cancer in adolescence is an especially critical experience. Adolescents with cancer have to face the demands of confronting the threat to life and suffering related to the illness and treatments, along with the challenges and developmental conditions of their own stage in life. We conducted a systematic review of empirical literature indexed in online databases with the main aim of understanding "how to characterize and process the adaptation during treatment of adolescents with cancer". Fifteen articles published since the year 2000 were analysed. From the results we identified some consistency in the empirical evidence, particularly related to coping and adjustment mechanisms and adaptive responses common in this population. New perspectives are described and other aspects suggested which need further research, particularly focusing on the adaptation process during personal transition. Some implications for nursing practice are also identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on a study conducted to examine the conceptions of nurses about pediatric oncology care training. It states that the pediatric oncology demand professionals with responsibility, commitment, and care for new born child. It also mentions that care production demonstrates the difficulties encountered in the training process.

Hemangioma is the most common vascular tumor in children younger than 12 months. Because its regression is usually spontaneous, an expectant management is recommended in most cases. Ulceration and secondary infection followed by bleeding are the most frequent complications of hemangiomas. It is estimated that only 10 to 20% of hemangiomas require treatment. Surgery is usually indicated in emergency cases, when there is no response to systemic treatments, or for cosmetic reasons. The objective of this study was to report a case of ulcerated compound hemangioma on the external ear of an 8-month-old patient who underwent a complete surgical excision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors rarely affect the urinary tract or children, and frequently mimic malignancy on imaging studies. According to the recent literature, only 35 cases of such bladder tumors in children have been reported. The authors present the case of a child with a bladder myofibroblastic tumor with favorable progression following complete surgical resection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]