Training to raise staff awareness about safeguarding children
To improve outcomes for children and young people health organisations are required to train...
10 Apr 2015
Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
A randomised controlled trial examining the effectiveness of cartoons as a distraction...
Aim Distress and pain associated with immunisation are significant problems for children,...
10 Apr 2015
To stay or not to stay: children’s nurses’ experiences of parental presence during...
Aim To examine the perspectives of children’s nurses about parental presence during...
10 Apr 2015
Hub and spoke model for nursing student placements in the UK
The quality of clinical placements is an important factor in nurse education and depends,...
11 Mar 2015
Understanding the pathophysiology behind febrile convulsions
The most common background to hyperpyrexia and convulsions is immaturity of the child’s...
11 Mar 2015
Factors that affect adolescents’ adherence to diabetes treatment
There is strong evidence suggesting young people with type 1 diabetes experience...
11 Feb 2015
Parent-professional collaboration when a child presents with potential shunt malfunction
Aims To explore parents’ involvement in the care of their child’s hydrocephalus and the ways...
11 Feb 2015
Every nurse has a duty to make every contact count
Make Every Contact Count is a public health strategy and not entirely a new idea in nursing...
09 Dec 2014
Treating feverish illness in children aged under five years
Fever is the most likely reason for a child to be taken to the doctor and, occasionally, the...
09 Dec 2014
Open access
Vulnerability and risk in children living with a physical disability
Children are identified as a vulnerable group in need of a degree of safeguarding. About 6%...
09 Dec 2014
Blended food for enteral feeding via a gastrostomy
A blended diet for enteral nutrition is defined as home-made everyday food blended to a...
04 Nov 2014
Nurses’ knowledge about the double-checking process for medicines administration
This study aimed to evaluate nurses’ knowledge, perceptions and opinions of double-checking...
04 Nov 2014
Intensive care of children with burn injuries and the role of the multidisciplinary team
Trauma from burns and scalds in children is more common and more damaging than in adults,...
04 Nov 2014
Evaluating a specialist nurse’s role in a general paediatric surgical team
A surgical care practitioner (SCP) is a registered nurse or allied health professional who,...
07 Oct 2014
Understanding the effect of miliary tuberculosis through the experience of one young...
In the UK, tuberculosis (TB) is on the increase. Miliary TB affects the lungs and can leave...
07 Oct 2014
Health visiting and its role in addressing the nutritional needs of children in the...
The first known UK health visitor post was established in 1862, in response to the living...
07 Oct 2014
Understanding nurses’ and parents’ perceptions of family-centred care
Aim To explore and compare differences between parents’ and nurses’ perceptions of family-...
09 Sep 2014
What parents of children with cystic fibrosis expect of educational events
The aim of this study was to evaluate a parent/carer hospital-based educational event and...
09 Sep 2014