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Children and Young People’s Nursing at a Glance, is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children’s nursing students from the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series. Divided into seven sections it explores assessment and screening, working with families, the newborn infant, the developing child, child health policy, nursing the sick child and young person and chronic and life-limiting conditions.
This comprehensive book is an invaluable resource for pre-registration nursing students as well as newly qualified nurses wanting to consolidate and expand their knowledge of children and young people’s nursing.
- Breaks down complex aspects of child health care in an accessible and un-intimidating way
- The perfect revision and consolidation textbook
- Linked closely with the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing education, and the essential skills clusters framework
- Highly visual colour presentation, with approximately 130 illustrations
- Includes boxes, summary boxes, key points and recommendations for practice to improve the learning experience
- Supported by a companion website featuring over 500 interactive multiple choice questions (www.ataglanceseries.com/nursing/children)
- Available in a range of digital formats - perfect for 'on the go' study and revision
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Professor Alan Glasper is Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, UK. He is a children's and young people's nurse with longstanding interests in healthcare for children. He collaborates nationally and internationally; his current work includes collaborations with The Association of Chief Children's Nurses (accnuk.org) and The Theodora Foundation.
Dr Jim Richardson is head of children's nursing at Glamorgan University. His research interests include Ethical issues in child health care, cultural aspects of child health care, chronic illness in childhood, public policy and child health care, management of child health nurse education, methods in child health related research.
Dr Jane Coad is Professor in Children and Family Nursing, and Director of Centre for Children and Families Applied Research (CCFAR) at Coventry University. She is also Honourable Associate Professor at the University of Warwick and Honourable Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
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Preface viii
Contributors ix
How to use your revision guide xiv
About the companion website xvii
Part 1 Assessment and screening 1
1 Assessment of the child 2
2 SBAR framework 4
3 The nursing process 6
4 Nursing models 8
5 The care plan 10
6 Record keeping 12
7 Engagement and participation of children and young people 14
8 Observation of the well child 16
9 Observation of the sick child 17
10 Septic screening 19
11 Advanced physical assessment 20
12 Developmental assessment 22
13 Paediatric Early Warning Score 24
14 Paediatric critical care 26
15 Understanding investigations 28
16 Understanding blood gas analysis 30
17 Understanding blood chemistry 32
18 Understanding pathology specimen collection 34
19 Understanding X-rays 36
20 Pulse oximetry 38
21 Central venous devices 40
22 Tracheostomy care 42
23 Infant resuscitation 44
24 Young person resuscitation 46
25 Resuscitation drugs 48
26 Emergency care 50
Part 2 Working with families 53
27 Partnership 54
28 Family centred care 56
29 Family health promotion 58
30 Communicating with children 60
31 Hospital play 62
32 Role of the community children’s nurse 64
33 Collaboration with schools 66
34 Family information leafl ets 68
35 Safeguarding 70
36 Fabricated or induced illness 72
37 Gaining consent or assent 73
38 Clinical holding 74
39 Breaking bad or signifi cant news 76
40 Care of the dying child 78
41 Dealing with aggression 80
42 Minimizing the effects of hospitalization 82
43 Transition 84
Part 3 The newborn infant 87
44 Fetal development 88
45 Neonatal examination 90
46 Neonatal screening tests 92
47 The premature baby 94
48 Neonatal transport 96
49 Jaundice and hyperbilirubinaemia 98
50 Congenital heart disease 100
51 Neonatal resuscitation 102
52 Incubator/Babytherm care 104
53 Sudden infant death syndrome 106
Part 4 The developing child 109
54 Nutrition in childhood 110
55 Breastfeeding 112
56 Bottle feeding 114
57 Feed calculations 116
58 Percentile charts 118
59 Child development: 0–5 years 120
60 Child development: 5–16 years 122
61 Age-appropriate behaviours 124
62 Common behavioural problems of childhood 126
63 Adolescent development 128
64 Child health promotion 130
65 Immunity and immunization 132
66 Childhood immunizations 134
Part 5 Child heath policy 137
67 Child health policy 138
68 The rights of children in hospital 140
69 The NHS Change Model 142
70 Young person policy 144
71 Child disability policy 146
Part 6 Nursing the sick child and young person 149
72 Pain assessment 150
73 Pain management 152
74 Preoperative preparation 154
75 Postoperative care 156
76 Pressure area care 158
77 Managing fluid balance 160
78 Administering medication 162
79 Drug calculations 164
80 Enteral and nasogastric feeding 166
81 The feverish child 168
82 Infectious childhood diseases 170
83 Assessing infectious diseases 172
84 Prevention of infection 174
85 Hyponatraemia and its prevention 176
86 Thermal injuries 178
87 Childhood fractures 180
88 Plaster care 182
89 Traction care 184
90 Neurovascular observations 186
91 Neurological problems 188
92 Brain injury and coma 190
93 Seizures 192
94 Meningitis 194
95 Septicaemia 196
96 Respiratory problems 198
97 Asthma 200
98 CPAP and BiPAP 202
99 Cardiovascular assessment and shock 204
100 Inflammatory bowel disease 206
101 Gastro-oesophageal reflux 208
102 Coeliac disease 210
103 Appendicitis 212
104 Constipation 214
105 Renal problems 216
106 Haematological problems 218
107 Musculoskeletal problems 220
108 Reproductive and sexual problems 222
109 Skin conditions 224
110 Atopic eczema 226
Part 7 Chronic and life-limiting conditions 229
111 Living with chronic illness 230
112 Cystic fi brosis management 232
113 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 234
114 Epilepsy 236
115 Childhood cancer 238
116 Cleft lip and palate 240
117 Diabetes 242
118 Diabetes management 244
119 Childhood obesity 246
120 Eating disorders 248
121 Mental health problems 250
122 Self-harm in childhood 252
123 What is a learning disability? 254
124 Autistic spectrum disorder 256
125 Communicating with the child who has a learning disability 258
126 Positive behavioural support 260
127 Atrioventricular septal defect in children with learning disability 262
128 Genetic conditions: Down’s syndrome 264
129 Other genetic conditions 266
References and Further reading 268
Index 275
