Nutritional Deficits In Children With Cancer: A Situation-Specific Theory

Abstract

PURPOSE

To construct a situation-specific theory (SST) to represent nutritional deficits for assessing children with cancer.

DATA SOURCES

Literature review.

DATA SYNTHESIS

The SST included the definition of key concepts, a pictorial scheme, propositions, causal relationships, and evidence for nursing practice.

CONCLUSIONS

It was possible to characterize the elements as antecedent and consequent clinical factors to allow for an understanding of the existing relationships between them and their temporality. These elements differed considerably from those included in NANDA International.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE

This study provides additional information so that nurses in clinical practice can infer the presence of nutritional deficits in children with cancer early, given the risk already inherent in the diagnosis of cancer and treatment.

Keywords

cancer children malnutrition nursing diagnosis nursing theory oncology

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