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A 10 page paper that summarizes and analyzes a research study performed by Coetzee (2004), drawing on additional sources where it is relevant. This critique encompasses all sections of the study, which explored how South African nursing student learn to relate to pediatric patients. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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that forms the foundation of this relationship, the information that these nurses give families is "attended to and valued by the family" (Redstone and West, 2004, p. 97). This influence
can be instrumental in the future health of the child, particularly in regards to chronic conditions. Furthermore, the relationship between nurses and pediatric patients is also instrumental in helping hospitalized
children cope with unfamiliar surroundings and occasional isolation from parents and loved ones (Zengerle-Levy, 2006). While student nurses in pediatrics realize that establishing such a relationship is important, nursing curricula
often does not address this issue adequately. This is a lack addressed in a study described by Coetzee (2004). In the "Background" section of the abstract to this study,
Coetzee (2004) indicates that the undergraduate nursing students enrolled at the University of Cape Town, South Africa anticipate their pediatric placement with emotions that range from "keen expectation" to "anxious
avoidance" and that this particular part of their nursing education has been described by students as the "most stressful" portion in their nursing program (Coetzee, 2004, p. 639). Reacting to
this situation, Coetzee designed a study that explores the nature of student learning as they endeavor to learn to apply their nursing skills to the care of children. The following
critique of this study will both summarize and analyze the various sections of Coetzees article, which describes this research, and was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing in
2004. This analysis will demonstrate the significance and validity of this research, drawing on additional literature in order to show substantiation of its principal points. Title and abstract The
studys title, "Learning to nurse children: towards a model for nursing students" is appropriate to the studys conclusions, as the author describes strategies for learning pediatric nursing care, but does
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