Unique dynamics of divorce for children with Type-1 Diabetes

4^th International Conference on Nursing & Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Leesa McBroom

William Jewell College, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

In the United States, approximately 1.5 million children are affected by divorce annually. Maintaining separate households and inter-parental conflicts related to divorce likely result in different experiences for divorced families. Divorced family dynamics have not been well studied in relation to chronic illness and nursing care. This presentation will describe the difficulties related to divorced co-parenting dynamics identified by divorced mothers in managing Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) for their children. Open-ended interviews were conducted with mothers who had children diagnosed with diabetes. Co-parenting divorce dynamics were identified for divorced mothers who manage T1D for their children. Interventions for family-centered nursing care will be discussed.

Biography :

Leesa McBroom has completed her PhD from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. She has completed her Masters in Nursing with emphasis in Family Nurse from University of Missouri, Kansas City. She has received her Undergraduate from Dominica University in California. She is the Chair of the Department of Nursing at William Jewell College, a premier liberal arts college. She maintains a practice as an Advanced Practice Family Nurse Practitioner seeing patients of all ages. Her research interests are family-centered care, family dynamics and nursing education

Email: mcbrooml@william.jewell.edu