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Childhood diabetes: dietary aspects

30 August 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in children requires a delicate balance between injected insulin and food intake, taking into account physical activity and...

Infant nutrition: part two

01 February 2000

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Aims and intended learning outcomes This article aims to enhance the practitioner’s theoretical knowledge of infant nutrition and facilitate the integration of this...

Childhood obesity: a public health threat

01 December 2002

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Childhood obesity has been the focus of public and media attention in recent months. It is highlighted as a major risk factor in many health conditions, including...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 2a

01 October 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The first article in this series highlighted the challenges that mothers face in establishing breastfeeding (Wallis and Harper 2007). Breastfeeding a sick infant in...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 2b

01 November 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

In this third article in the series, two further hypothetical scenarios are used to provide guidance on supporting breastfeeding mothers when the baby has a...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 1

01 September 2007

Paediatric Nursing

General

Breastfeeding makes a vital contribution to the health and development of babies, as well as to long term health. Establishing breastfeeding may not be easy even for...

Safe placement of nasogastric tubes in children

01 November 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

insertion of nasogastric tubes is a common nursing procedure but practice rituals and unfounded assumptions can compromise safety. current methods for checking the...

The psychosocial impact on parents of tube feeding their child

01 May 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

A review of 13 papers investigating parents’ experience of long-term tube feeding in disabled children and young people identified a significant impact on parents...