Grief and the experiences of nurses providing palliative care to children and young...
Aims To elicit the views of children’s nurses with regard to the personal, contextual and...
01 Nov 2013
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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.
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Parental decisions on children participating in research
Aim To observe and report rates of, and reasons for, parents’ refusal to consent to the...
01 Oct 2013
Messy boundaries: younger students’ experiences of nursing young people in hospital
Aims To explore the experience of younger students of children’s nursing when required to...
01 Oct 2013
Indigenous families’ use of a tertiary children’s hospital in Australia
There has been little research into Australian Indigenous families’ use of a tertiary...
01 Sep 2013
Once upon a time there was an angry lion: using stories to aid therapeutic care with...
Storytelling is a useful relationship-building tool to use with children, as demonstrated by...
01 Sep 2013
Helping children who require long-term parenteral nutrition
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a therapy that is complex and can lead to serious complications...
01 Jul 2013
Dental caries in children: a sign of maltreatment or abuse?
Healthcare professionals are required to complete regular training in safeguarding children...
01 Jul 2013
Children with cancer: quality of information for returning to school
A children’s oncology unit in the UK carried out an initial audit of the information given...
01 Jun 2013
Dental health management for children with special healthcare needs
Good dental health is essential for good communication, nutrition and self-esteem. There is...
01 Jun 2013
Use of the common assessment framework in an acute setting
Research suggests that use of the common assessment framework (CAF) assists in the early...
01 Jun 2013
Guidelines for the transition from child to adult cystic fibrosis care
Aim To develop relevant and feasible guidelines for transition care, based on the...
01 Jun 2013
Support of a child after brain tumour diagnosis
‘Sam’ was a six-year-old boy with medulloblastoma causing obstructive hydrocephalus and...
01 May 2013
Needs and priorities of young people with human immunodeficiency virus
Aims To ascertain the views of young people in the UK with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV...
01 May 2013
The child’s experience of single room isolation: a literature review
Studies have shown that people who require single room isolation while in hospital often...
01 Apr 2013
Evaluation of makaton in practice by children’s nursing students
The number of service users with communication difficulties is increasing. Training in the...
01 Apr 2013
Evidence-based thermal care of low birthweight neonates. Part two: family-centred care...
Parents should be involved in the care of, and decision making for, their newborn, and...
01 Apr 2013
Type 2 diabetes: an epidemic in children
Increasing numbers of children and adolescents are developing type 2 diabetes. Symptoms of...
01 Mar 2013
Evidence-based thermal care of low birthweight neonates. Part one
Neonates are at a high risk of temperature loss. Those born at less than 30 weeks’ gestation...
01 Mar 2013