Paediatric nursingPub Date : 2010-03-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.03.22.2.22.c7595
Gail Clack
{"title":"An offsite activity policy for asthma camp.","authors":"Gail Clack","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.03.22.2.22.c7595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.03.22.2.22.c7595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article outlines the activities undertaken during asthma camps and highlights the benefits for children and young people. These include: improved understanding of asthma, increased concordance with medication, greater participation in physical activity and enhanced self-confidence. In the absence of a nationally agreed offsite activity policy, the author demonstrates the use of a clinical governance framework to develop a local offsite activity policy for asthma camps to ensure the safety of children and young people as well as staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"22-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.03.22.2.22.c7595","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28906815","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 : 2010-02-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.25.c7528
F Howlin, M Brenner
{"title":"Cardiovascular assessment in children: assessing pulse and blood pressure.","authors":"F Howlin, M Brenner","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.25.c7528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.25.c7528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular assessment is an important nursing skill in the assessment and management of acutely ill children and children with chronic conditions. This article outlines the differences in the cardiovascular systems of infants, children and adults, and explains how to provide circulatory assessment in children, focusing on assessing pulse and blood pressure.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"25-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.25.c7528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28844320","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":"Online directory aims to prevent cases slipping through the net.","authors":"Sophie Blakemore","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.1.7.s10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.1.7.s10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28844316","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":"Children's trusts look set to improve with new legislation.","authors":"Christian Duffin","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.1.6.s9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.1.6.s9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28844315","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 : 2010-02-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.14.c7526
Carley Gibbens
{"title":"Nurse-facilitated discharge for children and their families.","authors":"Carley Gibbens","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.14.c7526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.14.c7526","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the introduction of nurse-facilitated discharge in one children's day care unit. It highlights how a need for change to the discharge procedure was established and how the practice was developed, successfully introduced and subsequently reviewed. The author concludes that the process has improved patients' experience with families no longer waiting hours for a consultant to discharge them. It has relieved bed pressures and empowered staff to extend the process to inpatient children's wards.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"14-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.14.c7526","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28844318","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 : 2010-02-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.20.c7527
Kayleigh Lineham
{"title":"Caring for young people with chronic illness: a case study.","authors":"Kayleigh Lineham","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.20.c7527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.20.c7527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is a case study of a 16-year-old female with congenital muscular dystrophy. It aims to raise awareness of some of the issues associated with complex illness during adolescence, particularly the transition from child to adult services. To improve care it is argued that the needs and values of the young person should be respected and interventions planned locally with the young person and their family where appropriate.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"20-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.02.22.1.20.c7527","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28844319","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":"Managing stress in a palliative care team.","authors":"Vineeta Gupta, C. Woodman","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.10.14.s24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.10.14.s24","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes a strategy to reduce the high levels of stress experienced by community nurses in a children's palliative care team. The development, use and effectiveness of a problem-solving team intervention are illustrated by direct quotations from the nurses themselves.","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"52 1","pages":"14-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76195865","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":"An offsite activity policy for asthma camp.","authors":"Gail Clack","doi":"10.7748/paed.22.2.22.s27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.22.2.22.s27","url":null,"abstract":"This article outlines the activities undertaken during asthma camps and highlights the benefits for children and young people. These include: improved understanding of asthma, increased concordance with medication, greater participation in physical activity and enhanced self-confidence. In the absence of a nationally agreed offsite activity policy, the author demonstrates the use of a clinical governance framework to develop a local offsite activity policy for asthma camps to ensure the safety of children and young people as well as staff.","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"56 1","pages":"22-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82296096","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 : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.7748/paed2009.12.21.10.30.c7402
Jennifer Solomon, Dave Clarke
{"title":"Safe transport from a specialist paediatric intensive care unit to a referral hospital.","authors":"Jennifer Solomon, Dave Clarke","doi":"10.7748/paed2009.12.21.10.30.c7402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2009.12.21.10.30.c7402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are 23 paediatric intensive care units (PICU) in the UK and 19 of these have a retrieval team responsible for the safe and uneventful transfer of critically ill children from referring hospitals. There are two established PICUs in University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust that work as a team. In 2001, a transfer service was introduced to support the UHL PICU retrieval service and the referring district general hospitals. At the time of writing this article there was no other PICU in the UK providing a dedicated paediatric clinical transport nurse service, whose main responsibility is the safe transfer of infants and children back to their local hospitals. This article will discuss the development of this service and the benefits to PICU and referral hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"21 10","pages":"30-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2009.12.21.10.30.c7402","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28625746","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}