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A role defined by local need

22 August 2012

Nursing Standard

Careers

The quest for a healthcare workforce flexible enough to meet the demands of an older and more chronically ill patient population has been ongoing since the early...

On the web

01 May 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Network

Respite for children with complex health needs:

01 April 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Service provision

Changes in patterns of need and in community provision mean that there are increasing numbers of children with complex health needs being cared for at home by their...

On the web

01 July 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Network

Three sites that focus on children and young people with complex needs

Home from home: evaluation of a respite service in Kent

01 September 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

In response to families’ needs, and an injection of finance from the regional health authority, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust developed a home from home service for...

Respite for children with complex health needs: issues from the literature

01 April 2005

Paediatric Nursing

General

Changes in patterns of need and in community provision mean that there are increasing numbers of children with complex health needs being cared for at home by their...

Living with disability: Part 3 Communication and care

01 June 2006

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

This is the final article in a series of three that have highlighted the complexities of caring for a child with a disability. The first article gave an overview of...

Assistant practitioners: their role with children in secondary care

04 December 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

Assistant practitioners (APs) can help to address a variety of locally or nationally recognised deficits in healthcare services to children and their families....

Developing from within: ensuring the ambulatory emergency care workforce is fit for purpose

28 October 2015

Nursing Management

Art & Science

Emergency healthcare provision is changing, and services need to respond to evolving health economies while providing safe, effective, patient-centred care....

The role of assistant practitioner for children and young people

27 October 2012

Nursing Management

Feature

Research in the adult health sector shows that the assistant practitioner (AP) role, at band 4 (Skills for Health Expert Paper 2011), has been a useful addition to...