Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a therapy that is complex and can lead to serious complications such as infection of the central venous catheter.
Healthcare professionals are required to complete regular training in safeguarding children and, in this training, dental caries and poor oral hygiene are o
A children’s oncology unit in the UK carried out an initial audit of the information given by healthcare professionals to children, families, teachers and e
Good dental health is essential for good communication, nutrition and self-esteem.
Research suggests that use of the common assessment framework (CAF) assists in the early identification of, and response to, clients’ needs.
Aim To develop relevant and feasible guidelines for transition care, based on the perspectives of stakeholders.
‘Sam’ was a six-year-old boy with medulloblastoma causing obstructive hydrocephalus and ataxia.
Aims To ascertain the views of young people in the UK with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) about their health care, and to compare these vie
The number of service users with communication difficulties is increasing.
Parents should be involved in the care of, and decision making for, their newborn, and separations should be minimised.
Studies have shown that people who require single room isolation while in hospital often feel lonely, sad, worried, bored and in need of information.
Increasing numbers of children and adolescents are developing type 2 diabetes.
Neonates are at a high risk of temperature loss.
Aim To increase understanding of parents’ perspectives on the negotiation of care.
Method A translated and validated questionnaire was completed by 444 parents of children admitted over a 16-month period to one hospital in Portugal.
Cancers differ between children and adults, and young people who have survived malignant disease still need to mature into adulthood.
Enabling children’s wellbeing by supporting their social networks is an important role of children’s nurses. This article presents the concept of social capital as a cognitive tool to help nurses reflect on why and how supporting these networks is important.
The impending change to nurse education with the move to an all-degree profession in the UK from 2013 and the increasing demands made on nurses working in the NHS make successful transition from student to staff nurse a high priority.
Aims To explore nurse anaesthetists’ experiences and actions when administering and caring for children requiring anaesthesia.
