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Pressure ulcers in infants and children

25 February 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Although there is no agreement about the size of the problem, there is evidence that critically ill children are more at risk of pressure ulcers than the general...

Making sense of fluid balance in children

01 September 2000

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Fluid balance is fundamental to life. Monitoring and maintaining fluid balance in sick children requires an understanding of normal requirements and losses and of...

Inter-rater reliability of the Glamorgan Paediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale

14 September 2008

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Children who are at risk of pressure ulcers need to be identified so that preventative measures can be taken. Most paediatric pressure ulcer risk assessment scales...

Using a national guideline to prevent and manage pressure ulcers

29 April 2014

Nursing Management

Feature

Developing pressure ulcers is a painful and distressing event for patients, and one that can be prevented. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...

Peripheral venepuncture in infants and children

17 March 2004

Nursing Standard

CPD

Venepuncture can be a painful and frightening experience for children. Nurses play an active role in helping them to cope with this experience and in reducing the...

Multicentre research: lessons from the field

01 December 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Research

Multicentre research can be used to explore and generate significant data in aspects of care that affect small numbers of children. This article describes the...

Nurses’ and GPs’ views of the nurse prescribers’ formulary

19 February 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article presents the findings from the evaluation of nurse prescribing, undertaken in eight demonstration sites since October 1994. The authors examine in...