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A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing

A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing

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This exciting new textbook is aimed at childrens and young peoples nurses in a wide range of practice settings including primary, ambulatory, and tertiary care. Covering the full age and specialty spectrum this text brings together for the first time, individual chapters from among the most respected childrens nurses. This textbook is rooted in child-centred health care within a family context and draws upon best contemporary practice throughout the UK and further afield.

This innovative text harnesses new design parameters in enquiry-based/problem-based learning, providing up-to-date information on a wide range of topics.
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Publication date
2005
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
832
Dimensions (mm)
280 x 216
Weight (g)
2445
  • Section 1 Essentials of childrens nursing. Historical perspectives of childrens nursing. Working with children and their families. Contemporary child health policy: the implications for childrens nurses. Cultural aspects of childrens nursing. The psychological preparation of children for hospitalisation. Family centred care. Assessing and planning care in partnership. Public health, primary health care and the development of community childrens nursing. Family responses to ill health and admission to hospital. Communicating with children and their families. The dynamic child - childrens psychological development and its application to care delivery. Physical growth and development in children. Preparing the family for stressful life events, child life and the role of therapeutic play. The evidence base for childrens nursing practice. Involving children in healthcare research. Ensuring quality and the role of clinical audit. The management of acute pain in children. Children and surgery. Protecting children: the role of the childrens nurse. Ethics in childrens nursing. Legal aspects of child health care. Assessing childrens health needs over the telephone: using NHS Direct as an example. The role of Paediatric Emergency Assessment Units (PEAU). Emergency department management of sick children.

    Section 2 Knowledge and skills for practice. Children with complex motor disability. Caring for children with fluid and electrolyte imbalance. Caring for children with genitourinary problems. Respiratory illness in children. Caring for children with gastrointestinal problems. Caring for children with cardiovascular problems. Caring for children: the role of the immune system in protecting against disease. Caring for children and adolescents with malignant disease. Caring for a child with neurological dysfunction. Caring for children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Caring for children with orthopaedic disorders.

    Section 3 Health problems and health promotion. Prevention of childhood injuries. Information giving is the key to family empowerment. Inherited conditions and the family. Health problems of the neonate. Health problems during infancy. Health problems in early childhood. Health needs of middle childhood. Child and adolescent mental health: the nursing response.

    Section 4 Caring for children with special needs. Chronic illness and the family. Caring for children with critical illness. Care of the child requiring palliative care. Children with learning disabilities.
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