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.
Parents’ experiences of hope following a child’s brain injury
Aim To explore the lived experiences of parents caring for their child following a severe to...
11 Sep 2015
Exploring the reasons why school students eat or skip breakfast
Background Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day. It provides the...
09 Jul 2015
Challenges of identifying eczema in darkly pigmented skin
There is a paucity of information about the difference in the presentation of eczema in...
09 Jul 2015
Use of a food allergy care management pathway in adolescents
The prevalence of allergic diseases is increasing, parents/carers. Healthcare staff also...
10 Jun 2015
Overcoming the barriers to using kangaroo care in neonatal settings
Skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo care (KC), has benefits for babies and parents, improving...
10 Jun 2015
Open access
Effective nursing care of children and young people outside hospital
Aim To assess the preparation required to ensure a workforce of nurses who can provide high...
10 Jun 2015
Cyberchondria: emerging themes for children’s nurses in the internet age
In many countries, anxious adults and young people are increasingly searching the web for...
10 Jun 2015
Tissue expansion in burn reconstruction: what can the child and family expect?
A child with a burn injury often has to go through reconstructive surgery after it has...
11 May 2015
Parents’ experiences of their child’s admission to paediatric intensive care
Background Admission of a child to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may be one of...
11 May 2015
Opportunistic health promotion among overweight children
Aim To explore children’s nurses’ attitudes to providing health promotion advice to...
10 Apr 2015
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
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