Honors Topic Advice

I am doing on honors project for my BSN program. I need to choose a topic for my project and must find at least 5 nursing research articles for this topic.

Here's my dilemma, I would really like to choose a topic that interests me. My primary interest is pediatrics but I am also interested in OB/GYN. I have a great topic for OB but I can't think of a great one for pediatrics.

My OB topic is: the incidence of postpartum depression in c-section patients.

Can anyone think of peds topics? I would like to do something with school-age children (not necessarily infants/toddlers).

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

How about the psychological, social, familial effects being diagnosed with (fill in a childhood illness) has on school-age kids. Kids that are "normal" can have a VERY hard time psychologically, socially, and in the family, let alone having to face a lifelong or even life threatening disease.

Illnesses like:

Obesity (Should be lots of articles for this topic)

ADHD

Diabetes

Leukemia

Asthma

GOOD LUCK with your project

I just came across this the other day:

http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/weblog/2008/09/c-section-deliv.html

Found it interesting...you've probably already come across it, but just in case you hadn't

Also, it seems like I've come across news articles and such about the impact that being a micropremie has on kids once they start school....

Or do an old theme with a slight twist...I know that alot of research etc. has been done into the effects of mainstreaming on DD kids, but not sure I've seen alot on the benefits to "normal" kids on having mainstreamed kids in the classroom. (Maybe I've just been missing it all, though.) Could be interesting (at least I think so). My nine year old has had at least one, usually two, autistic kids in his class since kindergarden, and I think that it has been extremely beneficial to him from a psychological/emotional/social point of view. Seeing kids with disabilities doesn't even phase him, he just tries to figure out what level to communicate with them on and jumps right in. My stepkids haven't had any mainstreamed kids in their classes and they seem almost intimidated when they come across another kid in a w/c, trached, Down's, etc.

Thank you all for your responses. They have given me a lot to think about.

Daytonite- we are fortunate to have a wonderful librarian that is available for nursing students. I am going to make an appointment to have her help me. I do have another question for you though- are you from Dayton Ohio? I actually am going to Wright State here in Dayton so I was just curious.

Thanks.

Thanks, I always wondered.

Hrm... Here's one for Peds:

The physical and psychosocial well-being of children growing up with mentally distressed parents (i.e. mom with chronic clinical depression).

Having done some basic research on this concept, I think you will get an eye-opening experience.

Thanks,

Chord