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Emotional labour: the challenges of working with children and cancer

07 June 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

This article explains the concept of emotional labour and applies it to working with children with cancer. Emotional labour describes active management of the...

Nursing care, education and support for patients with neutropenia

23 July 2008

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Neutropenia is reduced white blood cell count. It is a side effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy for cancer and haematological patients. This article aims to help...

Improving care planning in oncology nursing practice

22 June 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes a practice development project undertaken in an acute oncology unit in a large teaching hospital in Scotland. The project was designed to...

Employing healthcare assistants in paediatric oncology units

28 November 2009

Paediatric Nursing

Feature

This article examines the potential benefits of employing healthcare assistants in paediatric oncology departments. It explores the implications for role definition,...

Support of a child after brain tumour diagnosis

01 May 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

‘Sam’ was a six-year-old boy with medulloblastoma causing obstructive hydrocephalus and ataxia. Surgery, rehabilitation and possible long-term disability or...

Children with cancer: quality of information for returning to school

01 June 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

A children’s oncology unit in the UK carried out an initial audit of the information given by healthcare professionals to children, families, teachers and...

Leading and co-ordinating a multi-nurse researcher project

01 December 2004

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

Leading and co-ordinating a research project is a complex undertaking involving management of people, processes, budget and material resources. The task is even more...

Diagnosing and managing patients with lung cancer

23 April 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK, however it is responsible for the highest number of cancer deaths. In the past decade advances have been made...

Transition from child to adult services for young people with cancer

07 February 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

Cancers differ between children and adults, and young people who have survived malignant disease still need to mature into adulthood. Care pathways during transition...

Oral health assessment and mouth care for children and young people receiving palliative care. Part two

01 April 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

This is the second part of a two-part article on oral health assessment and mouth care for children and young people receiving palliative care. This article covers...

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