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.
Childhood obesity: The challenges for nurses
Obesity is one of the biggest challenges facing UK children’s nurses today. However, it is a...
11 Mar 2014
Alternatives to restraining children for clinical procedures
On children’s wards, restraint appears to be used often, rather than as a last resort, to...
11 Mar 2014
Assessment and management of scalds and burns in children
In childhood, burn or scald injuries are comparatively common, and the greatest risk is to...
11 Mar 2014
Evaluating students’ knowledge of child pain and its management after attending a...
Aim To evaluate the impact of a structured pain education programme on pre-registration...
11 Mar 2014
Developing a spirometry protocol for children and young people
The practicalities of obtaining technically acceptable spirometry results with children and...
11 Feb 2014
Predictors for somatic symptoms in children
This literature review focuses on risk factors that influence somatic symptoms in children...
11 Feb 2014
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: updated guide to administering methotrexate
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in children and...
11 Feb 2014
How caring for a parent affects the psychosocial development of the young
Aim To investigate the impact of caring for a parent on the psychosocial development of the...
01 Dec 2013
Guidelines for routine gastrostomy tube replacement in children
Endoscopic placement of a gastrostomy is the safest method of inserting a gastrostomy in...
01 Dec 2013
Use of clowns to aid recovery in hospitalised children
Aim To examine how children in hospital perceive their meetings with clowns. Methods An...
01 Dec 2013
Immunisation: Changes in the UK for Children and Young People
Vaccination programmes are implemented either in response to a specific situation, or as new...
01 Nov 2013
A children’s nurse’s role in the global development of a child with diabetes mellitus
The nursing care of a six year old with type 1 diabetes reveals the importance of accurate...
01 Nov 2013
Does nasogastric feeding reduce distress after cleft palate repair in infants?
Aims To determine the effect of nasogastric (NG) feeding compared with oral feeding on...
01 Nov 2013
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
Open access
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