{"title":"Long-term ventilation in children part 1: an overview of care in non-specialist settings.","authors":"Joanna Grant","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long-term ventilation (LTV) in children is increasingly common due to advances in neonatal and paediatric care and improved survival rates in children with complex conditions. LTV may be delivered invasively via a tracheostomy tube or non-invasively using a mask interface, across a range of settings including hospital wards and patients' homes. This article provides an overview of LTV, including definitions, types of ventilation, equipment and monitoring, and key aspects of daily nursing care. It also explores mobility and development, partnership with families and managing risk. Understanding the principles of LTV in children and their application in practice is essential for nurses to provide safe, effective and family-centred care for this growing population.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149220824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicola Wilson, Alice Knight, Phoebe Roper, Imogen Stringer
{"title":"Enhancing infant feeding pathways in a tertiary children's hospital: a sustainability-focused quality improvement project.","authors":"Nicola Wilson, Alice Knight, Phoebe Roper, Imogen Stringer","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infant feeding in hospital settings requires balancing infection prevention and control, clinical complexity and support for families, while increasingly addressing environmental sustainability. This article details a quality improvement project that aimed to reduce infant exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics associated with single-use feeding bottles and reduce reliance on single-use plastics in infant feeding pathways at a tertiary children's hospital. Baseline data were collected on breast milk feeding, procurement of single-use bottles, parent experience and staff knowledge and confidence. Two improvement interventions were implemented: development of a core breastfeeding and expressing training programme; and a pilot of reusable glass feeding bottles where breastfeeding was not possible. Baseline survey findings demonstrated strong parental motivation to breastfeed alongside various practical and system-level barriers to support, while staff reported limited formal training and variable confidence. Glass feeding bottles were viewed positively by parents, with implementation challenges relating primarily to workflow and availability. Sustainability-focused quality improvement can strengthen infant feeding support, enhance patient experience and inform future service design.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paediatric outpatient antimicrobial therapy and antimicrobial stewardship: literature review and implications for children's nurses.","authors":"Mike Minihan","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (pOPAT) involves the administration of intravenous antibiotics to treat common infections in children outside the hospital setting, usually in the patient's home. Most children who receive pOPAT initially present to hospital and start by receiving antibiotic treatment in the inpatient setting. As pOPAT service provision increases, healthcare organisations need to turn their attention to antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the outpatient setting, while children's nurses working in the community need to understand AMS interventions and develop confidence in questioning prescribing decisions. In this article, the author reviews the literature examining the relationship between pOPAT and AMS, with a focus on the implications for children's nursing practice. The author highlights the lack of research on the role of children's nurses in pOPAT and AMS, and the importance of promoting their involvement in these aspects of service provision to improve patient outcomes and reduce the effects of antimicrobial resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a therapeutic relationship with children, young people and their families.","authors":"Bob Price","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The therapeutic relationship is central to the delivery of professional standards in nursing and integral to theories of nursing practice, notably those of Dorothea Orem and Hildegard Peplau. However, the concept is relatively ambiguous compared with others such as family-centred care. In this article, the author reviews the meaning of the therapeutic relationship in children's nursing, exploring the tenets of therapeutic relationships and discussing how these can be shaped by different care contexts. The author also considers some principles of communication nurses that might use when building therapeutic relationships and uses case examples to discuss how nurses might initiate, build and progress therapeutic relationships with children and their families in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148901101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School nurses' role in detecting child criminal exploitation and in early safeguarding.","authors":"Kelly Marie Geddes","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1577","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unlike many other safeguarding concerns, child criminal exploitation frequently occurs outside the family home, and can therefore be challenging for professionals such as nurses, social workers, police and teachers to identify. Through their regular contact with children and young people, school nurses are well placed to identify early indicators of criminal exploitation. The author undertook a narrative literature review to examine how the knowledge and practice of professionals influence the identification of child criminal exploitation, with a focus on the role of school nurses in detection and safeguarding. While school nurses are well placed to help prevent child criminal exploitation and promote welfare-focused responses, their effectiveness in doing so is limited by a lack of specialist education, professional autonomy and recognition of their role within the multiple agencies involved in child protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"10-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical management of acute post-operative bladder spasm in children and young people.","authors":"Rebecca Saul, Kuan Ooi","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1568","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1568","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute post-operative bladder spasm (APBS) is a painful and distressing condition that commonly occurs in children and young people following urological surgery. Healthcare professionals caring for these patients should anticipate the occurrence of APBS after certain urological surgical procedures and understand how pain caused by APBS differs from general post-surgical pain. This article outlines the incidence, symptoms and pathophysiology of APBS and highlights the importance of a multimodal management strategy involving a range of non-pharmacological and pharmacological measures and interventions. By enhancing their understanding of APBS and its clinical management, children's nurses can alleviate pain and support post-operative recovery for children and young people as well as reduce distress for children and young people and their families.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"34-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146046942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of parents of autistic children and young people in accessing healthcare: a literature review.","authors":"Jessica Pidcock, Amy Dallison, Naheeda Rehman","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1579","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autistic children and young people may be more likely than their peers to access healthcare services, but little is known about their experiences of healthcare as the literature tends to focus on the experiences of autistic adults and the views of healthcare professionals. The literature review detailed in this article aimed to gather evidence on the experiences of autistic children or young people and their parents in accessing healthcare services. Following a database search and screening, seven articles were selected for review. None of the studies captured children's experiences but the findings offer some insight into parents' views. Four main themes emerged from the data analysis: importance of the healthcare professional; relationship between families and staff; impact on parents; and healthcare services and environment. These themes encompass the need for: effective relationships between staff and parents to ensure the provision of family-centred care; further education among professionals in caring for autistic children and young people to enhance their experiences of healthcare; and greater flexibility in healthcare services to accommodate the needs of autistic children and young people and their families.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"18-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcus Wootton, Jonathon Foster, Moh Moh Lwin, San San Oo, Koshesai Fundira, Ben Simms, Jim Brockbank
{"title":"Caring for children in conflict: virtual nursing resources during the 2021 Myanmar coup and ensuing civil war.","authors":"Marcus Wootton, Jonathon Foster, Moh Moh Lwin, San San Oo, Koshesai Fundira, Ben Simms, Jim Brockbank","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1576","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On 1 February 2021, the military took control of Myanmar (formerly Burma) in a coup d'état, which had a devastating effect on Myanmar's healthcare workers, healthcare system and care of children. Within hours of the coup, healthcare workers reached out for support to the UK clinicians they had worked with for the preceding decade. This article details the virtual support and learning package, developed by the UK health community and the Myanmar diaspora, offered to nurses and other healthcare workers in the two years after the military coup and subsequent civil war. The package, which was developed in consultation with nurses and doctors in Myanmar, had a particular focus on child health and comprised a clinical guidance website, clinical skills videos and a nurse education programme. The authors present the results of an evaluation of usage of the virtual package, discuss the challenges of delivering virtual support in conflict settings and outline key learning points and their transferability to other conflict settings and emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"26-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of interdisciplinary child exploitation training for children's nursing students.","authors":"Ioanna Mlundira, Sarah Bekaert","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Child exploitation is a significant safeguarding concern and nurses have a crucial role in recognising and responding to it. Therefore, it is essential that children's nursing students are equipped with the knowledge, confidence and preparedness to recognise and act on safeguarding concerns.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the effectiveness of a police-led child exploitation awareness training session in enhancing children's nursing students' knowledge, confidence and application of safeguarding principles in practice.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A mixed-methods study design was used. Second-year children's nursing students ( n =35) attended a three-hour police-led child exploitation awareness training session. Quantitative data were collected via a pre-training ( n =35) and post-training ( n =30) questionnaire and analysed to assess changes in three domains: knowledge and confidence; attitudes and beliefs; and willingness to act. Qualitative data were collected through follow-up forms that explored participants' ( n =8) reflections on application of their learning in their practice placements and analysed using content analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Significant improvements were identified across all three domains, with the greatest increases in participants' confidence and escalation of concerns. Qualitative findings indicated that the participants developed enhanced professional curiosity and increased willingness to act in safeguarding situations, suggesting the effective translation of learning into practice.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Practice-oriented, interdisciplinary safeguarding education can improve children's nursing students' knowledge, confidence and behavioural readiness. Such interventions may enhance nurses' ability to recognise and respond to instances of child exploitation, thereby strengthening safeguarding practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148809231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthcare professionals' knowledge and experiences of identifying and supporting young carers: a literature review.","authors":"Hannah Steel, Ellie-May Taylor","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2026.e1588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Young people who have caring responsibilities, usually for a family member, can experience a range of adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Healthcare professionals have a crucial role in providing these individuals with support, however there is inadequate recognition and identification of young carers who access healthcare services. This systematic literature review aimed to explore the experiences of healthcare professionals in identifying and supporting young carers. Seven studies were selected for review. Thematic analysis generated four themes: knowledge and perceptions of young carers; the challenge of identification; individual versus family approaches to supporting young carers; and interdisciplinary working. Overall, the findings indicate a need for further education of healthcare professionals about young carers, and a more proactive and holistic family-based assessment approach to enhance identification of young carers and provide them with the support they require.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148702367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}