Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 541-551 , December 2011

Testing Guidelines for Child Health Care Nurses to Prevent Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly: A Swedish Pilot Study

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1 Previous presentation: The study was presented as a thesis for Master of Science in Nursing degree and was defended on May 25, 2009, for an opponent and a group of 10 other individuals at the University of Skövde, School of Life Sciences, Sweden. Several revisions have been made in the manuscript since May 25th.

2 Author information: Freda Lennartsson, American and (recently became a) Swedish citizen, born and raised in Pennsylvania, USA; graduated from the University of Delaware, College of Nursing in December, 1976; moved to Sweden 1977; became a pediatric nurse specialist 1984 and a public health nurse specialist 1993; has primarily lived and worked in Sweden as a nurse since 1977; also volunteer pediatric nursing work at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania 1985–1986; school health project for Save the Children Sweden at the Asfaw Yemiru School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1988–1990; currently employed part time as a clinical nurse specialist at Götene's Child Health Care Center and working 1 day per week at the University of Skövde School of Life Sciences as a co-opted nursing instructor; completed studies for Master of Science in Nursing degree in 2009.

PII: S0882-5963(10)00111-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.04.005

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 541-551 , December 2011

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