Spotlight session: improving outpatient attendance

Engaging children and families in consultation

Eliciting experiences and prompting responses

Techniques to use when consulting families about child health services

Bob Price

Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts

Joan Simons

Interprofessional working through the eating abroad together project

Kathryn Summers

Developing practical skills for nursing children and young people

Dave Clarke

Reach for the Stars: Living with Growth Hormone Treatment

Duncan Randall

Hands on Dyspraxia

Linda Perry

A father’s story

Revitalised for the year ahead

Saffron Brown

Interventions to increase exercise levels of Irish children

Journal scan

Diary

Appropriate internet search skills necessary to healthcare provision

Theresa Pengelly

Research and commentary

Comparisons between family stressors and a child’s weight

Patric Devitt

Sociodemographic factors influencing childhood obesity

On the web

Louise Spencer-Walsh

Noticeboard

Video conferencing used to provide care and support for hard to reach communities

News in Brief

Learning first aid skills is no choking matter

Calls to merge heart surgery units with specialist centres

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Survey shows most nurses believe in a spiritual approach

Barcode system ensures accurate heel prick data

Richard Staines

Mural brightens children’s hospital

Clinical evidence will determine strategy for service cuts

Coalition government is urged to honour manifesto pledge

Keep the baby in the bathwater

Doreen Crawford