Thursday, September 26, 2002: 2:45 PM-4:15 PM

Children - Coping with Chronic Conditions

Comparative Analysis of Family Coping between Families with Children or Adolescents with a Chronic Conditions
Margaret P. Shepard, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Effects of an In-Home Intervention for Fathers and Mothers of Children with Autism
Jennifer Harrison Elder, RN, PhD, associate professor, Gregory Valcante, PhD, Hossein Yarandi, PhD
Short- and Long-Term Effects of the COPE Program on Critically Ill Children and Mothers
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, RN-CS, PhD, CPNP, associate dean for research and director, center for research & evidence-based practice and PNP program, Linda Alpert-Gillis, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry (psychology), pediatrics, and nursing, Nancy Fischbeck Feinstein, RNC, PhD, senior research associate, Jean Johnson, RN, PhD, professor emeritus, Eileen Fairbanks, RN, MS, study coordinator, Zendi Moldenhauer, RN-CS, MS, PNP, research associate, Leigh Small, RN-CS, MS, PNP, research associate, Jeff Rubenstein, MD, associate professor and director, PICU, Margaret Slota, RN, MN, director, critical care services, Beverly Corbo-Richert, RN, PhD, research associate

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