Exchange tackles health issues

Anne Lonsdale

Observations and monitoring: routine practices on the ward

Alison Oliver, Colin Powell, Dawn Edwards, Brendan Mason

Developing nurses’ power to care

Jennifer Sprinks

Providing nutritional support for patients during cancer treatment

Lisa Shipway

The needs of children and young people with cerebral palsy

Jackie Parkes, Nan Hill

Perioperative Care of the Child: A Nursing Manual

Debbie Killman

Stand up for the NHS

Saffron Brown

Dementia in children, Teenagers and Young Adults

Linda Perry

Managing Family Meltdown: The Low Arousal Approach and Autism

Helen Warner

Checklists are not the best way to identify a sick child

Sue Chapman

Paediatric medical emergency team helped cut hospital deaths

Tool to assess a child at risk of deterioration in hospital

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

Diary

Use of internet should be compared with face-to-face intervention

Susie Aldiss

Research and commentary

This month’s website reviews are aimed at all professionals working with children and young people

Patric Devitt

Notice board

Government report calls for joined up action to tackle issues of abuse

John Thain

How to encourage children to take part in research trials

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Staff digging deep to fund their own training, RCN survey reveals

Inpatient services on the move

Framework launched to support patients with severe disabilities

Treatment sought for pain linked to use of games consoles

Gene research raises hope of new kidney cancer therapies

Nurses advocate tough measures to stop parents smoking in front of children

Christian Duffin

New government’s duty of care

Christine Walker