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Pre-registration children’s and young people’s nurse preparation. A SWOT analysis

01 December 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Education

An investigation was undertaken into the views of nurse educators on current approaches to preparing children’s and young people’s nurses in the UK. A convenience...

Developing rigour in observation of the sick child: Part 1

01 October 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Continuing professional development

This is the first of a five part series focused on the continuing professional development of rigour in observation of the sick child. Part 1 provides an in-depth...

Taking the sting out of needles: education for staff in primary care

01 May 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Education

Fear of needle procedures has been shown to be present in more than 80 per cent ofpre-school children and more than 50 per cent ofprimary school-age children...

Independent nurse prescribing in an acute hospital setting

01 May 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Changes in the organisation and delivery of health care have enabled children’s nurses to develop and expand practice beyond traditional nursing boundaries and to...

Needle phobia – changing venepuncture practice in ambulatory care

01 November 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Needle phobia is a term used in practice to describe an anticipatory fear of needle insertion. A proportion of children display high levels of fear, pain and...

The highs and lows of learning to be a children’s nurse

01 July 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Education

Abstract Aim This study investigates student nurses’ perceptions of the process of undergoing a programme of education leading to registration as a children’s nurse....

Urethral catheter audit

01 April 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical governance

An audit was undertaken in one children’s hospital to evaluate practice relating to indwelling urethral catheterisation of children. The records of 47 patients...

Skills assessment using video analysis in a simulated environment: an evaluation

14 September 2008

Paediatric Nursing

Education

Limited opportunities for the acquisition and assessment of clinical skills by children’s nursing students has resulted in a growing use of clinical laboratories....

How to make good children’s nurses: children’s views

01 June 2008

Paediatric Nursing

General

A consultation was held to seek children’s views on how to make better children’s nurses to influence a new curriculum. In one-to-one sessions, ten hospitalised...

Does Amethocaine gel influence blood results obtained from capillary sampling?

01 July 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Research

In many children routine blood samples are obtained by capillary sampling, a technique that appears to cause high levels of pain and distress in the child. Topical...