{"title":"Oral and dental health promotion for children's nurses.","authors":"Sarah Najim, Mohammed Ali, Nabina Bhujel","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1498","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tooth decay remains one of the most common preventable oral health concerns in children. After birth, advice to caregivers predominantly focuses on medical health with little attention paid to dental health. Before discharge from the maternity unit and during future hospital and community appointments, opportunistic dental advice should be provided by midwives, nurses and health visitors where possible, with the aim of preventing early onset dental disease. Registering with a dentist at birth is crucial due to long NHS dental waiting lists. Simple advice on toothbrushing should be offered, including brushing twice a day with a soft toothbrush using an age-appropriate amount of fluoride toothpaste. Mothers should be provided with information on the benefits of breastfeeding for oral health alongside tailored preventive care. Appropriate advice on bottle-feeding and weaning is required, including minimising the use of added sugar, drinking from free-flow cups after six months of age, and discouraging the use of milk bottles at bedtime and in general after one year of age. Written visual summaries can be shared with parents to consolidate verbal advice on oral and dental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"23-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139681667","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}
Michael A Doyle, Manisha Singh, Phil McNulty, Siobhan Slavin, Mike Smith, Helen Walker, Wajid Khan, Barry Percy-Smith
{"title":"Developing a web-based app for non-mental health nurses to assess the mental health needs and risks of children and young people.","authors":"Michael A Doyle, Manisha Singh, Phil McNulty, Siobhan Slavin, Mike Smith, Helen Walker, Wajid Khan, Barry Percy-Smith","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1503","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is high demand for specialist mental health services for children and young people in the UK. Non-mental health nurses are well-placed to assess the mental health needs and risks of children and young people to maximise opportunities for early intervention and relieve the pressure on child and adolescent mental health services. This article provides an overview of a service development project to develop a web-based application (app) to support non-mental health nurses when assessing the mental health needs and risks of children and young people. The article describes the development, testing and evaluation process, which involved consultation with children and young people as well as interviews, focus groups and an online survey with a range of professionals working with children and young people. Overall, the findings suggest that the app is appropriate for use by non-mental health nurses in terms of quality, functionality and acceptability.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"36-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139900559","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":"How to undertake respiratory auscultation with infants and children.","authors":"Rebecca Peto","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Rationale and key points: </strong>Respiratory auscultation involves listening to and interpreting sounds from within the chest. Undertaking respiratory auscultation effectively requires appropriate equipment, knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology and experience in listening to and interpreting breath sounds. Nurses undertaking this procedure must ensure they have the knowledge and skills to do so and work within the limits of their competence. This article provides a step-by-step guide that explains how to undertake respiratory auscultation with infants and children aged 0-16 years. • Respiratory auscultation is an essential procedure for informing differential diagnoses and assessing the trajectory of a child's illness and response to treatment. • In children with structurally normal, healthy lungs and a regular breathing pattern, the respiratory sound should be relatively quiet, with regular movement of air along the trachea and bronchioles, in and out of the lungs. • Any breath sounds heard in unexpected areas requires further investigation, while a complete absence of breath sounds must be treated as a clinical emergency and assistance from the medical team must be sought immediately. REFLECTIVE ACTIVITY: 'How to' articles can help to update your practice and ensure it remains evidence based. Apply this article to your practice. Reflect on and write a short account of: • How this article might improve your practice when undertaking respiratory auscultation with infants and children. • How you could use this information to educate nursing students or your colleagues on the procedure for undertaking respiratory auscultation with infants and children.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005430","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":"Understanding and supporting young people exposed to online misinformation about eczema.","authors":"Sandra Lawton, Catalina Runcie, Clair Murdoch","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The traditional patient-clinician relationship is changing as young people and their families often now turn to the internet and social media for health information, treatment advice and support. Much of that content, however, is unregulated, unverified and inaccurate, which leads to the dissemination of health misinformation. Healthcare professionals working with young people with eczema and their families need to understand why young people turn to social media for health information, identify trends in online misinformation about eczema, and provide alternative, trustworthy sources of information. This article discusses particular areas of online misinformation about eczema as well as dermatology content on specific social media platforms. It also reports the views of young people on the youth panel of the charity Eczema Outreach Support about different social media platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890362","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":"Enhancing service provision for looked after children and young people in Doncaster.","authors":"Jayne Mulhern","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1516","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 0-19 looked after children (LAC) team in Doncaster, England, is a well-established service that has developed over time to identify and address the health needs of looked after children and young people and care leavers. Its aims are to improve outcomes for these children and young people by offering a holistic approach to assessing their health and well-being. The principle of having a dedicated nurse specialist for LAC following each child or young person throughout their care journey enables a trusting relationship to be established and the voice of the child or young person to be heard. This article reports on several developments in the Doncaster LAC team, including a local pilot of joint nurse and GP initial health assessments and participation in a national pilot of mental health assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735255","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":"Enhancing discharge preparation for parents after complex cardiac surgery: evaluation of an e-learning resource for nurses.","authors":"Kerry Gaskin, Amanda Daniels","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents need to be appropriately prepared by knowledgeable healthcare professionals before going home with their infant following cardiac surgery for complex congenital heart disease (CHD). A quality improvement project was undertaken between 2018 and 2021 to equip healthcare professionals including children's cardiac nurses with the knowledge required to use the Congenital Heart Assessment Tool (CHAT) to teach parents how to monitor their infant at home. The project involved developing, implementing and evaluating an e-learning resource that included simulated scenarios captured on video. An online survey showed that users perceived the e-learning resource as having a positive effect on their understanding of complex CHD and their practice of preparing parents for discharge and home monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141555646","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":"Whooping cough: symptoms to look out for and treatment","authors":"Erin Dean","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.36.4.10.s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.36.4.10.s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141678651","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":"PANS and PANDAS: what you need to know about these little-known autoimmune disorders","authors":"Pavan Amara","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.36.4.6.s2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.36.4.6.s2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680079","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}
Kerry Louise Gaskin, Lynda Shaughnessy, Amanda Daniels
{"title":"Exploring the implementation of key nursing roles in children's cardiac services.","authors":"Kerry Louise Gaskin, Lynda Shaughnessy, Amanda Daniels","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2023.e1495","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2023.e1495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children's cardiac nursing roles have changed over the past decade. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) guidance and NHS England standards have been published with the aim of standardising and enhancing nursing care for children and young people with congenital heart disease (CHD) and their families.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the breath of implementation of key nursing roles in children's cardiac services across the UK and Ireland and to determine whether the roles met the RCN guidance and the NHS England standards.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A cross-sectional survey design was used. The 150 members of the Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association (CCNA) were invited via email to participate and were sent a link to an online survey.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Of the 150 potential respondents, 31 completed the survey. Overall, respondents believed that the RCN guidance had been implemented effectively and that children's cardiac nursing roles matched the RCN's example job descriptions. Respondents' comments suggested that implementation of the NHS England standards had been challenging and that progress in setting up key roles such as lead nurse, cardiac nurse educator and children's cardiac nurse specialist had been slow. Respondents felt that political and financial factors adversely affected recruitment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Since publication of the NHS England standards there has been some progress in the implementation, in children's cardiac services, of key nursing roles such as lead nurse and innovative nursing roles such as advanced nurse practitioner and research nurse. The findings of this study have informed the latest edition of the RCN guidance, which now includes the role of senior research nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"16-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138800104","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":"Service evaluation of an independent domestic violence advocate post in a children's hospital.","authors":"Ben Donagh, Julie Taylor, Caroline Bradbury-Jones","doi":"10.7748/ncyp.2023.e1490","DOIUrl":"10.7748/ncyp.2023.e1490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) has detrimental effects on the health and well-being of children and young people exposed to it, whether they witness or experience it. The introduction of independent domestic violence advocates in UK hospitals has enhanced the safety of victims of DVA. In 2020-2021 an independent domestic violence advocate post was piloted at a children's hospital for one year, the advocate's role being to train hospital staff and support women who had experienced DVA. A service evaluation showed that the training and support provided by the independent domestic violence advocate had benefits for women, children and staff. It also confirmed that the commissioning of services for children exposed to DVA is often underfunded and overshadowed by the provision of support to adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":38902,"journal":{"name":"Nursing children and young people","volume":" ","pages":"30-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138048142","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}