‘And your name is?’: what children’s nurses should ask accompanying adults
Jayne Harris Senior lecturer, Children and young people’s nursing at Birmingham
Why it is important that nurses start using the person’s name
Have you ever referred directly to the adults accompanying the child that you are caring for in hospital as ‘mum’ and ‘dad’? If so, please stop and ask yourself why?
Emergency Nurse.
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doi: 10.7748/en.30.2.12.s4
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