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Removing k-wires: an audit of practice

01 February 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Approximately 150 children per year are treated with displaced supracondylar fractures of the elbow at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC), Glasgow. This...

The convergent validity of the manchester pain scale

01 April 2005

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Objective To test the convergent validity of the Manchester pain scale when compared to the current ‘gold standard’ in children’s pain assessment, the Oucher pain...

Education for pain management

01 February 2002

Paediatric Nursing

Education

A key step in improving care for children in pain is the education of nurses (Twycross 1999). Evidence demonstrates the need for an increase in educational provision...

Nurses’ attitudes to pain management during routine venepuncture in young children

01 March 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Research

Venepuncture is one of the most commonly performed clinical procedures carried out on young children. Evidence indicates inconsistency in the use of pain management...