Maintaining good practice in the administration of medicines to children

Doreen Crawford

Exploring the experiences and expectations of year 1 children’s nursing students

Jackie Wright, Jane Wray

Caring for a child with Down’s syndrome in the acute care setting

Geraldine Kyle

Multiprofessional education: improving care for acutely ill children

Caroline Mearns, Jean Wilson, Mary Buchanan

My health, my faith, my culture

Gosia Brykczynska

Working with children who need long-term respiratory support

Susan Fox

Student voice baby boon

Rebecca Harmer

Identifying characteristics that lead to infiltration in children

Sue Chapman

This month’s websites focus on children and exercise

Leyonie Higgins, Neil Donohue

Your update on published articles of interest to nurses working in child health

Diary

Different approaches to providing information may relieve stress

Lucy Bray

Pre-operative preparation can ease children’s and parents’ anxieties

The reduction of infiltration through use of hourly checks

Sue Chapman

Electronic collection of patient data improves outcomes

Sue Chapman

Noticeboard

Lessons learned from bacteria outbreak

Jackie Cosh

Texts put more pressure on overstretched school nurses

Jackie Cosh

Inspired to take up nursing abroad

Alicia Gaulrapp

Quiet efficiency is key, says award winning child health nurse

Countess cuts ribbon at new Leeds hospital

Child healthcare core skills are outlined by RCN

Court gives go ahead to review of congenital cardiac services

Survey shows shortcomings in the care of disabled children

Screening pilot to detect five more inherited conditions

News in brief

Room for improvement

Christine Walker