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Symptom care flowcharts: a case study

01 February 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Parents who have a child with a life-limiting condition face the painful prospect of seeing their child’s health deteriorate and of becoming involved on a practical...

The Therapeutic Use of Story-telling

01 April 2001

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Jarvis (1992) writes that, ‘as reflective practitioners, nurses should be constantly seeking to learn from their practice, improving it and striving to become...

Developing a hospice service in Northern Ireland

01 October 2001

Paediatric Nursing

General

The death of a child is the saddest type of loss any parents or family can experience (Dominica 1990). Knowing that a child is going to die challenges the beliefs...

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

10 February 2009

Paediatric Nursing

General

Children’s nurses are vocationally committed to promoting the health of children, relieving their suffering, enhancing their development, helping them to achieve a...

Home-based palliative care for children: the case for funding

01 September 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Policy

Paediatric palliative care services have grown up in response to local needs with the result that provision is patchy and in some areas non-existent. Funding for...

Reflecting on practice in children’s palliative care

01 April 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Short report

Palliative care nursing practice can be enhanced if the clinical judgements made in applying palliative care philosophy to individual situations are critically...

Shared care: hospital, hospice, home

01 July 2003

Paediatric Nursing

General

Provision of seamless care that meets the needs of children requiring palliative care and their families requires a multidisciplinary approach. All professionals...

The first Diana Team in Wales: an update

01 March 2002

Paediatric Nursing

General

As a memorial to the life and work of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Treasury made over £4 million available to fund a network of Diana Community Nursing teams within...

Managing stress in a palliative care team

07 December 2010

Paediatric Nursing

General

This article describes a strategy to reduce the high levels of stress experienced by community nurses in a children’s palliative care team. The development, use and...

Partnership working between hospice and children’s community nursing teams

08 November 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Evidence & practice

This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a new partnership between a children’s hospice service and an NHS children’s community nursing team to...