PREPARING PARENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR CHILD POST-AMPUTATION FOR BONE CANCER

Authors

  • Debbie Jaraway
  • Shirley Perry
  • Marjorie Phillips
  • Peggy Ziegler
  • Amy Wolgemuth
  • Shannon Scott

Abstract

Amputation for paediatric bone cancer is cosmetically and emotionally disturbing. At the Stollery Children’s Hospital, in Edmonton, Alberta, families are taken to see their child following amputation but before their child’s anaesthetic has been reversed. Through a retrospective study we found that families found this step to be valuable in helping them prepare to support and care for their child postamputation.

Author Biographies

Debbie Jaraway

Debbie Jaraway RN, has been an Operating Room Nurse for 30 years. She is currently the team leader for Orthopedic Surgery at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Debbie has a very personal interest in improving the care for children with Osteogenic sarcoma.

Shirley Perry

Shirley Perry RN, NP, is a Nurse Practitioner in Paediatric Oncology at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. She has a keen interest in collaboration with other health care workers to provide the best care for children and their families.

Marjorie Phillips

Marjorie Phillips RN, CPN(C), recently retired after a long career as an Operating Room nurse. Marjorie is well read and initiated the idea of having a journal club, which would lead to evidence based nursing.

Peggy Ziegler

Peggy Ziegler RN, CPN(C), has been an Operating Room Nurse for many years. She has a long-standing involvement with ORNAC, including in leadership positions.

Amy Wolgemuth

Amy Wolgemuth BA, has her BA majoring in Psychology. She is very interested in Research and is at present working with a Research endeavor at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. She has a long history of working with and understanding families of children with cancer.

Shannon Scott

Shannon D. Scott RN, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She holds New Investigator funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and a Population Health Investigator award from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Her research focuses on efforts to put the best available research evidence into paediatric nursing practice and she helps clinical nurses give the best possible care.

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Published

2013-12-01

How to Cite

Jaraway, D., Perry, S., Phillips, M., Ziegler, P., Wolgemuth, A., & Scott, S. (2013). PREPARING PARENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR CHILD POST-AMPUTATION FOR BONE CANCER. Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada Journal, 31(4). Retrieved from https://ornacjournal.ca/index.php/ornac/article/view/12281

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 4 (2013): December/decembre 2013

Section

Feature Articles