Experiences of fathers of babies in intensive care

Kathleen Deeney, Maria Lohan, Jackie Parkes, Dale Spence

Caregivers’ nutrition in hospital

Annette Koshti-Richman

From bench to bedside

Fiona Bell

When a child refuses reatment

Patric Devitt

Healthcare assistants in the children’s intensive care unit

Peter King, Doreen Crawford

Just because we can, should we? A discussion of treatment withdrawal

Doreen Crawford, Colin Way

Advanced practice in paediatric intensive care: a review

Yvonne Heward

Arterial blood gas analysis: implications for nursing

Fiona Lynch

The risks to children of alcohol-based hand gels

Chris May

Use of single rooms on the children’s ward, part 2: guideline for practice

Pat Rose, Sue Blythe

Use of Vapotherm for respiratory support with neonates

Morena Armfield, Gill West

Paediatric early warning systems: where do we go from here?

Adrienne McCabe, Heather Duncan, Yvonne Heward

Now and then heroism and change

Jeremy Jolley

Parental presence in PICU

Paediatric respiratory medicine

Susan Askew

Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant: a manual of care

Sharon Dacey

Commentary

Jackie Stretton

Neonatal pain assessment tools

NEC in premature infants

Joy Grech

Discharge information

Journal scan

Events

On the web

Sarah Parry

News in brief

Mental health services set for ‘radical improvement’

News

Self-harm relieves ‘terrible state of mind’

Poorest children more likely to need intensive care

Obesity: new evidence

New year honours

Inequality and risk

Colin Way, catherine Hamilton