Table 3.

Teaching Strategies.

Strategy	Reference (First Author, Year)
Start with informal instruction, then move to more formal methods as the parents adjust to the cancer diagnosis	Aburn, 2011
Repeat information until the parents are able to comprehend the information	Eden, 1994
Encourage parents to watch as nurses ask other health care providers questions, to provide role-modeling of effective communication	Brett, 2011
Check that parents understand the information delivered by health care providers	Brett, 2011; Garwick, 1995
Establish a partnership and instill a feeling of being on a team	Aburn, 2011; Brett, 2011
Use the same nurse to provide information	Broedsgaard, 2005; Aburn, 2014