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A textbook of children's and young people's nursing.

Glasper, Edward Alan (editor.). Richardson, James (editor.). Randall, Duncan (editor.).

Summary: "This innovative textbook provides a concise and accessible guide for undergraduate students specializing in children and young people’s nursing in the UK and further afield.Each chapter has been fully updated to reflect current knowledge and practice. The wide range of topics covered includes all the essentials, such as contemporary child health policy and legal issues; knowledge and skills for practice; and caring for children with special needs. Students will learn how to recognize the deteriorating child, use procedural play and distraction, and consider the mental health of children and young people." -- publisher's website

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ISBN: 0702062324
ISBN: 9780702062322 (softcover)
Physical Description: xiv, 172 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm
print
Edition: Third edition /
Publisher: London ; [Amsterdam] : Elsevier, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Context of Children's Nursing Theories and Practices -- 1. Historical Perspectives of Children's Nursing / Sonya Clarke -- 2. Nursing, Children and Their Childhoods / Duncan C. Randall -- 3. Contemporary Child Health Policy: The Implications for Children's Nurses / Kath Evans -- 4. Contemporary Childhoods and Health / Duncan C. Randall -- 5. Physical Growth and Development in Children / Janet Kelsey -- 6. Death and Dying in Childhood / Duncan C. Randall -- 7. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Child Health Care / Jim Richardson -- Section 2 Promote, Restore and Stabilise Health Status in Children: A Systems Approach to Childhood Conditions, Disease and Disability -- 8. Inherited Conditions and the Family / Emma Tonkin -- 9. Contemporary Issues in Genomics and Other Omic' Technologies for Children's Nursing: An Introduction / Alex Murray -- 10. Homeostasis and the Deteriorating Child / Anna Haviland -- 11. Respiratory Illness in Children / Lee-Anne Rylatt -- 12. Caring for Children and Young People With Cardiovascular Problems / Amanda Daniels -- 13. Children's Liver Disease / Louise Hair -- 14. Renal Conditions in Childhood / Karen Tosh -- 15. Caring for Children With Non-Malignant Haematological Disorders of Childhood / Kate Khair -- 16. Caring for a Child With a Neurological Disorder / Catherine Martin -- 17. Children and Young People With Complex Motor Disability / Sonya Clarke -- 18. Caring for Children and Young People With Orthopaedic Disorders / Sonya Clarke -- 19. Caring for Children With Infection and Altered Immune Responses / Deborah Martin -- 20. Caring for Children With Diabetes and other Endocrine Disorders / Liz Gormley-Fleming -- 21. Caring for Children With Gastrointestinal Problems / Julia Winter -- 22. Caring for Children With Genitourinary Problems / Kathryn Bailey -- 23. Skin Disease in Children and Young People / Jean Robinson -- Section 3 Negotiation of Care -- 24. Recognising and Responding to Child Maltreatment: The Role of the Children's Nurse / Julie Taylor -- 25. Cultural Aspects of Children's Nursing / Jim Richardson -- 26. Empowering Children and Young People and Families in Health Care / E. Alan Glasper -- 27. Assessing, Planning, Evaluating and Recording Nursing Care for Children and Young People in Partnership / E. Alan Glasper -- 28. Management of Pain in Children and Young People / Rebecca Saul -- 29. Transition to Young Adulthood --- A Particular Challenge for Developing Young People With Long-Term or Life-Limiting Conditions and Disabilities / Nick Medforth -- 30. Play for Children and Young People in Hospital and Healthcare Settings / Virginia Bennett -- 31. Sexual Health in Childhood and Young Adulthood / Elizabeth Podesta -- Section 4 Organisation of Children's Nursing -- 32. Health Problems of the Neonate / Kaye Spence -- 33. Role of the Community Children's Nurse (CCN): Managing Care at `Home' / Sarah Adrienne Hughes -- 34. Leading Innovation and Improvements in Children's and Young People's Nursing Through Best Evidence / Joseph C. Manning -- 35. Caring for Children With Critical Illness / Philip Davey -- 36. Emergency Care, Out of Hospital Care, Emergency Department Assessment and Inpatient Care / Liz Gormley-Fleming -- 37. Pharmacological Interventions Calculations, Administration and Evaluation / Arija Parker -- 38. Children and Surgery / Hannah Liver sedge -- 39. Caring for Children and Young People With Cancer / Lisa McCann -- 40. Children Living With Long-Term Conditions / Duncan C. Randall -- 41. Children Living With Long Term-Conditions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The Nursing Response / Celeste Foster -- 42. Children With a Learning Disability and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions / Joann Kiernan -- 43. Care of the Child and Young Person Requiring Palliative and End-of-Life Care / Marisa McFarlane.