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L A Young

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An encounter with homeless mothers and children: gaining an awareness.

This article describes the experience of two nurses who established and conducted concurrent support groups for homeless mothers and their preschool children. The group sessions were 75 minutes in length and occurred once a week for 10 weeks. Both mothers and children were depressed and felt hopeless. Mothers manifested signs of grief and made statements indicative of severely eroded self-concepts. This resulted in a diminished ability to provide for the basic needs of their children. Most of the children demonstrated social, motor, and language skills far below the levels appropriate for their ages. Poor health was a consistent finding, especially among the children. An incentive program used to promote attendance in parent's group is described. Other successful and unsuccessful interventions are reviewed and specific recommendations for successful intervention with homeless families are provided.

Child, Preschool↗
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Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy in children.

The observation in this study of 33 pediatric patients with thyroid disfunction supports the view that ocular changes are uncommon in this age group. If ophthalmopathy does occur, it is mild. No patient was found to have clinical myopathy, corneal involvement, or visual loss. B Scan Ultrasonography demonstrated extraocular muscle involvement despite the absence of clinical signs and symptoms of myopathy. There was no HLA antigen prevalence in those patients with ophthalmopathy as compared with those free of ocular change. It is suggested that the conservative medical management of the pediatric group with thyroid disease may account for the low incidence of severe ocular changes.

Adolescent↗
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Strengthening relationships for a successful nurse directed center within an academic setting.

This article focuses on the evolvement of a nurse-directed student health center within an academic setting. The advantages of having a student health center located under academic affairs versus the traditional model of being placed under student affairs is discusses. How this organizational arrangement can be used to develop and strengthen relationships, as well as promote collaboration among various disciplines within the college is discussed. Such an arrangement can provide resources, student practicum experiences on campus as well as strengthen and develop relationships within the surrounding community. These strategies can be used to create a forum for discussion of various strategies which will assist in establishing a vision, overcoming obstacles, expanding the center's scope of services as well as provide mentoring opportunities for student nurses and faculty.

Black or African American↗