Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-10-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.32.c7998
Susan Frost, William Daly
{"title":"Nurse-led asthma services for children and young people: a survey of GPs' views.","authors":"Susan Frost, William Daly","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.32.c7998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.32.c7998","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore GPs' attitudes to nurse-led initiatives in the care of children with asthma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A questionnaire was posted to 541 GPs in the study area, of whom 236 (43.6 per cent) responded. The data were analysed quantitatively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 236 responders, 90 per cent did provide nurse-led services, 89 per cent believed that patients benefited from these, 84 per cent would consider referral to a nurse-led asthma clinic at the regional children's hospital and 79 per cent would refer to a satellite paediatric nurse-led clinic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>GPs believe children's nurse-led asthma services benefit the GP's surgery, the regional children's hospital and the primary care trust. Improvements in communication between primary and secondary care are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 8","pages":"32-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.32.c7998","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29460686","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}
Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-10-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.20.c7997
Helen Morgan
{"title":"Single and shared accommodation for young patients in hospital.","authors":"Helen Morgan","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.20.c7997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.20.c7997","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the suitability of 100 per cent single room occupancy for children and young people admitted to hospital in terms of their safety, socialisation and development, and demands on the workforce. A literature search, a sabbatical at Boston Children's Hospital in the United States by the author and surveys of health professionals, children and young people have shown that shared rooms should remain available.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 8","pages":"20-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.20.c7997","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29460684","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}
Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-10-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.14.c7996
Sarah Harley, Stephen Timmons
{"title":"Clinical assessment skills and the use of monitoring equipment.","authors":"Sarah Harley, Stephen Timmons","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.14.c7996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.14.c7996","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between nursing and technology remains contested. This article debates whether technology--in particular the monitoring of cardiac function, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, blood pressure and temperature--helps to provide better nursing care or whether it hinders nurses from developing their clinical assessment skills, and prevents them from providing humanistic and holistic care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 8","pages":"14-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.10.22.8.14.c7996","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29460683","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":"Growth of social enterprises looks set to continue across England.","authors":"Christian Duffin","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.8.7.s9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.8.7.s9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 8","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed.22.8.7.s9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29460682","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":"Have your say on the main issues.","authors":"Christine Walker","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.7.5.s1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.7.5.s1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 7","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed.22.7.5.s1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29358858","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":"Neonatal staff shortages hamper the care of vulnerable babies and families in Wales.","authors":"Christian Duffin","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.7.7.s6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.7.7.s6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 7","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29358859","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}
Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-09-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.16.c7948
Honor Nicholl
{"title":"Diaries as a method of data collection in research.","authors":"Honor Nicholl","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.16.c7948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.16.c7948","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diary records in healthcare research are becoming more common. This article describes the use of a diary as a method in which mothers' experiences of caring for children were explored in a hermeneutic phenomenological study or similar. Data for the original study were collected using three interviews and a diary recorded on three separate occasions. The challenges and issues that can arise when using diaries are discussed here.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 7","pages":"16-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.16.c7948","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29358862","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":"Cardiac surgery poised for revamp as NHS group prepares to release recommendations.","authors":"Radhika Holmström","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.7.8.s10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.7.8.s10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 7","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29358860","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}
Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-09-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.31.c7951
Helen Pearson
{"title":"Managing the emotional aspects of end of life care for children and young people.","authors":"Helen Pearson","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.31.c7951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.31.c7951","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Caring for a child at the end of life stage is one of the greatest challenges a nurse can encounter in practice. The way professionals help support, maintain and give comfort to the child and his or her family helps shape the experience the young patient is about to face. Whatever the stage of your nursing career it is likely you will provide end of life care to a child or young person and their family. This article is designed to help enable professionals to cope emotionally and provide the best quality of care in an emotionally charged situation. The information contained may be used as a guidance tool through is challenging and difficult time.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 7","pages":"31-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.09.22.7.31.c7951","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29358865","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}