Abstract
Advances in medicine over the last few decades have led to increased populations of children with special health-care needs. Upward of 90% of these children are now surviving well into adulthood with the goal of fulfilling productive roles in society. This translates into 500,000 “new adults” annually (Hergenroeder et al. J Pediatr 167(6):1196–1201, 2015). Current literature reflects the importance of transition from pediatric to adult health care as a major component of this rite of passage. This chapter looks at how pediatric neuroscience nurses can help these children and their families’ transition to adult care models smoothly despite chronic health-care issues. Several national experts have written this chapter that looks at current models of care and gives an overview of the current recommendation for this population.
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Gabay, T.M., Disabato, J.A., Schultz, T. (2017). Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care. In: Cartwright, C., Wallace, D. (eds) Nursing Care of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49319-0_17
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