A Textbook of Children's And Young People's Nursing

by Glasper & Richardson

• ISBN13: 9780443074011
• ISBN10: 0443074011
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-25
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.Covering the full age and specialty spectrum this text brings together for the first time, individual chapters from among the most respected childrens nurses. This textbook is rooted in child-centred health care within a family context and draws upon best contemporary practice throughout the UK and further afield.This innovative text harnesses new design parameters in enquiry-based/problem-based learning, providing up-to-date information on a wide range of topics.In an exciting addition each chapter offers readers additional material on an Evolve website. Full Microsoft PowerPoint presentations augment the written chapters and provide extra information that includes case studies, moving image, photographs and text. Each chapter offers readers additional material on an Evolve website. Full Microsoft PowerPoint presentations augment the written chapters and provide extra information that includes case studies, moving image, photographs and text. Aims, objectives, learning outcomes and summary boxes Key points Professional conversation boxes Suggestions for seminar discussion topics Case studies Prompts to promote reflective practice Activity boxes/suggested visits Evidence based practice boxes which highlight key research studies Annotated bibliographies including details of web-sites and full contemporary references to the evidence base Resource lists including recommended web-site addresses

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Section 1 Essentials of children's nursing	01	(368)
Historical perspectives of children's nursing	03	(15)
E Alan Glasper
Ruth M Mitchell
Working with children and their families	18	(15)
Anna L Hemphill
Annette K Dearmun
Contemporary child health policy: the implications for children's nurses	33	(21)
E Alan Glasper
Susan Lowson
Cultural aspects of children's nursing	54	(7)
Jim Richardson
The psychological preparation of children for hospitalisation	61	(16)
E Alan Glasper
Rachel E A Haggarty
Family-centred care	77	(12)
Lynda Smith
Valerie Coleman
Maureen Bradshaw
Assessing and planning care in partnership	89	(15)
Anne Casey
Public health, primary health care and the development of community children's nursing	104	(10)
Mark Whiting
Family responses to ill health and admission to hospital	114	(13)
Sarah Dowle
Sally R Siddall
Communicating with children and their families	127	(19)
Janet Matthews
The dynamic child - children's psychological development and its application to the delivery of care	146	(18)
Helen E Rushforth
Physical growth and development in children	164	(33)
Janet Kelsey
Gill McEwing
Preparing the family for stressful life events, child life and the role of therapeutic play	197	(14)
Gary Mountain
Sue Fallon
Barbara Wood
The evidence base for children's nursing practice	211	(11)
Peter Callery
Sarah Neill
Sue Feasey
Involving children in healthcare research	222	(20)
Jennifer Allison
Rosemary King
E Alan Glasper
Ensuring quality and the role of clinical audit	242	(14)
Janice Watson
The management of acute pain in children	256	(22)
Alison Twycross
Joanna Smith
Children and surgery	278	(19)
Linda Shields
Ann Tanner
Protecting children: the role of the children's nurse	297	(12)
Catherine Powell
Lorraine Ireland
Ethics in children's nursing	309	(8)
E Alan Glasper
Jim Richardson
Legal aspects of child health care	317	(13)
Louise M Terry
Anne Campbell
Assessing children's health needs over the telephone: using NHS Direct as an exempler	330	(16)
Felicity Thompson
Rosalyn Moore
Susan Bourner
The role of Paediatric emergency assessment units	346	(7)
Penny Aitken
E Alan Glasper
Maureen Wiltshire
Emergency department management of sick children	353	(16)
Julie Flaherty
E Alan Glasper
Section 2 Knowledge and skills for practice	369	(210)
Children with complex motor disability	371	(18)
Jackie Parkes
Sonya Clarke
Caring for children with body fluid and electrolyte imbalance	389	(16)
Agnes B Kanneh
Caring for children with genitourinary problems	405	(18)
Kevin McFarlane
Respiratory illness in children	423	(22)
Janet Kelsey
Gill McEwing
Caring for children with gastrointestinal problems	445	(15)
Julia M Winter
Caring for children with cardiovascular problems	460	(16)
Barbara V Novak
Caring for children: the role of the immune system in protecting against disease	476	(14)
Maureen R Harrison
Caring for children and adolescents with malignant disease	490	(17)
Beth Sepion
Caring for a child with neurological dysfunction	507	(28)
Joanna Smith
Caring for children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders	535	(23)
Philomena Morrow
Caring for children with orthopaedic disorders	558	(21)
Brian Silverwood
Section 3 Health problems and health promotion	579	(142)
Prevention of childhood injuries	581	(10)
Jo Sibert
Donna Mead
Jim Richardson
Information is the key to empowerment	591	(16)
Tom C A Hain
E Alan Glasper
Inherited conditions and the family	607	(16)
Maggie Kirk
Emer Parker
Health problems of the neonate	623	(14)
Mary Brophy
Clare Barrow
Health problems during infancy	637	(28)
Kathy Scanlon
Anna-Lisa Sorrentino
Health problems in early childhood	665	(21)
Arija Nikola Parker
Health needs of middle childhood	686	(14)
Susan Hooton
Diane Scott
Child and adolescent mental health: the nursing response	700	(21)
Michael Cooper
Section 4 Caring for children with special needs	721	(74)
Chronic illness and the family	723	(16)
Barbara Elliott
Peter Callery
Julie Mould
Caring for children with critical illness	739	(31)
Marion Aylott
Care of the child requiring palliative care	770	(14)
Jayne Price
Marisa McFarlane
Children with learning disabilities	784	(11)
Victoria Jones
Ruth Northway
Index	795