Pascal Bernier

• Master of Science
• Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (c), Clinical Associate Researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine

Objective The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is a brief caregiver report, family‐centered, psychosocial risk screening tool widely used in pediatrics and available in many languages. Although French is an official language of Canada, a French–Canadian version of the PAT has not yet been validated, which impedes access to this tool for family ps...

Introduction: In February 2022, we introduced the innovative new role of mental health nurse clinician (MHNC) in pediatric hema- tology/oncology in a pediatric hospital in Quebec with the aim of better addressing the needs of young cancer patients and their families. In two previous articles, we explained the method used to develop the role, as wel...

Introduction : Afin de mieux répondre aux besoins des jeunes atteints de cancer et de leur famille, un rôle novateur d’infirmier clinicien en santé mentale (ICSM) en hématologie-oncologie pédiatrique a vu le jour dans un centre hospitalier universitaire pédiatrique du Québec en février 2022. Deux articles précédents expliquent la méthode utilisée p...

Introduction: Pediatric hematological and oncological illnesses present many coping challenges. Mental health issues can arise during and after treatment, in both patients and their families. The current model of care does not always seem to meet the needs identified by some young patients. In Quebec, nurses are allowed to assess and care for patie...

But : Le but de cette étude est d’expliciter le processus utilisé pour implanter une pratique infirmière novatrice en santé mentale dans un département d’hématologie-oncologie pédiatrique et d’offrir une évaluation préliminaire trois mois suivant l’implantation de ce nouveau rôle infirmier en santé mentale visant à explorer l’appréciation du nouvea...

Objective: The objective of this article is to describe the process of implementing and performing a preliminary assessment of an innovative mental health nursing practice in a pediatric hematology/oncology department. The preliminary assessment will help us determine whether the implementation strategy used was appropriate. Background: Pediatric c...

But : Expliciter le processus utilisé pour le développement du rôle d’infirmier clinicien en santé mentale au sein d’un programme d’hématologie-oncologie pédiatrique au Québec Background : La maladie hématologique-oncologique pédiatrique implique de nombreux défis adaptatifs et parfois des enjeux de santé mentale font surface durant ou après les tr...

Objective: Explore knowledge on resilience-promoting interventions among adolescents receiving active cancer treatment. The question used to guide the research was: How can nurses promote resilience among adolescents receiving active cancer treatment? Introduction: Adolescence is a very turbulent stage of development (Young, 2014). A cancer diagnos...

Objectif : Explorer les connaissances sur les interventions de promotion de la résilience chez les adolescents atteints de cancer en traitement actif. La question ici utilisée pour guider la recherche est : De quelles façons les infirmières peuvent-elles promouvoir la résilience chez les adolescents atteints de cancer en traitement actif? Introduct...

This poster presentation was on a novel nursing practice in mental health within the hematology-oncology program of Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center. We presented the results one year following the implementation of this new practice. The results showed high feasibility and acceptability for the three groups (adolescents, parents and healt...

This oral presentation aimed to present the results of our brief literature review on the psychological distress in fathers of children with cancer during active treatment. Psychosocial studies in the field showed that parents do have high levels of distress following their child's diagnosis, but this distress tends to decrease over time. Studies a...

Aim: Our objective is to study the feasibility, acceptability and effects on pain, anxiety and satisfaction of parents and children undergoing cancer treatment, related to an immersive multi-platform distraction (virtual reality and mobile) based on a customized friendly avatar. Method: Hospitalized children from 6 to 17 with cancer will be recr...

While videogames have previously been tested as therapeutical tools for pain and anxiety management, no studies have evaluated the benefit of a custom avatar-based game for children with cancer. Our objective is to study the effects on pain, anxiety and satisfaction of an immersive multi-platform (virtual reality and mobile) distraction based on a...

Background: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer. ALL and its treatment cause altered bone-mineral homeostasis, which can contribute to musculoskeletal late adverse effects (LAEs). With the increasing number of childhood cancer survivors, LAEs are reported often, and are aggravated by inactive lifestyles. A telere...

BACKGROUND Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of pediatric cancer. ALL causes altered bone-mineral homeostasis state, which can contribute to osteopenia, and bone fractures, most commonly vertebral fractures. With the increasing number of childhood cancer survivors, late adverse effects (LAEs) such as musculoskeletal comorbi...

Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common type of pediatric cancer. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia causes an altered bone mineral homeostasis state, which can contribute to osteopenia, and bone fractures, most commonly vertebral fractures. With the increasing number of childhood cancer survivors, late adverse effects such as musculos...