Advanced nursing practice: is it under attack and why?
The role is often misunderstood – as highlighted in the debate over physician associates
15 Apr 2024
Jayne Harris
‘And your name is?’: why children’s nurses should ask accompanying adults this question
Calling someone accompanying an unwell child ‘mum’ or ‘dad’ can be disrespectful or wrong
06 Oct 2021
Improving care for children with Down’s syndrome
This article refers to a personal narrative in which the parents of a child born with Down’s syndrome, who subsequently required surgical intervention for a duodenal atresia, experienced a poor standard of care. It discusses how healthcare organisations can improve the service provided for such patients by making reasonable adjustments, setting up pre-admission services, introducing hospital passports and allocating acute liaison nurses to the parents, and urges all healthcare staff to sign up to Mencap’s (2010) Getting it Right charter.
28 Jul 2012