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Play in the community — quality care for the child with cancer

01 October 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Play, the universal language of children, is an important child-centred communication tool and is a necessity for a sick child. Play can help the child with cancer...

Play preparation for children with special needs

01 October 2002

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

There are well documented approaches to play preparation for children who function as expected for their age, but what happens to those children who undergo...

How play specialists can reduce use of anaesthesia during radiotherapy

10 December 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Radiotherapy practice is complex and daunting for children. With the support of a health play specialist, children are able to have their treatment without the use...

Baby massage and baby play Promoting touch and stimulation in early childhood

01 June 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The UK has some of the highest child poverty rates in Europe (NCH Action for Children 1996). Rural Derbyshire has high rates of poverty (Table 1) and high mortality...

Parents’ views of their children who have complex health needs

01 October 2008

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Aim: This study explored parents’ perceptions of their children who have complex health needs and their experience of communication, play, socialising and learning....

An approach to mentoring healthcare play specialist students

08 November 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Evidence & practice

Healthcare play specialists (HPSs) provide therapeutic play programmes for children in healthcare settings. Each HPS student must have a mentor in practice, but most...

Open AccessOC01 – The effect of an Interactive Therapeutic Play Training Program on the anxiety levels of children having heart surgery and their mothers

09 May 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Supplement

Theme: Child protection and managing risk. Research was conducted using randomized controlled and experimental methods in order to determine the impact of...

Comparison of hospital and home base preparation for cardiac surgery

01 June 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Preparation for surgery is widely accepted to be good clinical practice as it facilitates better coping and recovery post surgery. Most research has focused on...

A need for play specialists in Japanese children’s wards

01 July 2010

Paediatric Nursing

Focus

The importance of distraction techniques and play therapy for sick children has long been recognised by nurses in the UK and other western countries. Although these...

Concussion in sport: the importance of accurate and reliable discharge advice

09 March 2018

Emergency Nurse

CPD

Concussion in sport is a common presentation in urgent and emergency care settings, so it is essential that nurses have a full understanding of the condition. Most...

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