Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

viii

 

Foreword

xi

SECTION 1

ESSENTIALS OF CHILDREN’S NURSING

1

1

Historical Perspectives of Children’s Nursing   E Alan Glasper, Ruth M Mitchell

3

2

Working with Children and Families   Anna L Hemphill, Annette K Dearmun

17

3

Contemporary Child Health Policy: The Implications for Children’s Nurses   E Alan Glasper, Susan Lowson

31

4

Cultural Aspects of Children’s Nursing   Jim Richardson

49

5

The Psychological Preparation of Children for Hospitalisation   E Alan Glasper, Rachel E a Haggarty

57

6

Family-Centred Care   Lynda Smith, Valerie Coleman, Maureen Bradshaw

73

7

Assessing and Planning Care in Partnership   Anne Casey

87

8

Public Health, Primary Health Care and the Development of Community Children’s Nursing   Mark Whiting

101

9

Family Responses to Ill Health and Admission to Hospital   Sarah Dowle, Sally R Siddall

109

10

Communicating with Children and their Families   Janet Matthews

121

11

The Dynamic Child: Children’s Psychological Development and its Application to the Delivery of Care   Helen E Rushforth

137

12

Physical Growth and Development in Children   Janet Kelsey, Gill McEwing

153

13

Preparing the Family for Stressful Life Events   Gary Mountain, Sue Fallon, Barbara Wood

181

14

The Evidence Base for Children’s Nursing Practice   Peter Callery, Sarah Neill

193

15

Involving Children in Healthcare Research   Jennifer Allison, Rosemary King, E Alan Glasper

203

16

Ensuring Quality and the Role of Clinical Audit   Janice Watson, Cathryn Battrick

221

17

The Management of Pain in Children   Alison Twycross, Joanna Smith, Jennifer Stinson

235

18

Children and Surgery   Linda Shields, Ann Tanner

267

19

Safeguarding Children: the Role of the Children’s Nurse   Lorraine Ireland, Catherine Powell

281

20

Ethics in Children’s Nursing   E Alan Glasper, Jim Richardson

293

21

Legal Aspects of Child Health Care   Louise M Terry, Anne Campbell

301

22

The Role of Paediatric Emergency Assessment Units   Penny Aitken, E Alan Glasper, Maureen Wiltshire

313

23

Emergency Department Management of Children   Liz Gormley-Fleming, Julie Flaherty, E Alan Glasper

321

SECTION 2

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR PRACTICE

335

24

Children with Complex Motor Disability   Jackie Parkes, Sonya Clarke

337

25

Caring for Children and Young People with Body Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance   Agnes B Kanneh

353

26

Caring for Children with Genitourinary Problems   Kevin McFarlane

369

27

Respiratory Illness in Children   Janet Kelsey, Gill McEwing

385

28

Caring for Children with Gastrointestinal Problems   Julia M Winter

405

29

Caring for Children with Cardiovascular Problems   Barbara V Novak

417

30

Caring for Children: the Role of the Immune System in Protecting Against Disease   Maureen R Harrison

431

31

Caring for Children and Adolescents with Malignant Disease   Beth Sepion

443

32

Non-Malignant Haematological Disorders of Childhood   Kate Khair

459

33

Caring for a Child with a Neurological Disorder   Joanna Smith, Catherine Martin

473

34

Caring for Children with Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders   Philomena Morrow, Sue Courtman, Liz Gormley-Fleming

501

35

Caring for Children with Orthopaedic Disorders   Brian Silverwood

525

SECTION 3

HEALTH PROBLEMS AND HEALTH PROMOTION

543

36

Prevention of Childhood Injuries   Jo Sibert, Donna Mead, Jim Richardson

545

37

Information is the Key to Empowerment   E Alan Glasper, Cathryn Battrick, Tom CA Hain

555

38

Inherited Conditions and the Family   Maggie Kirk, Emer Parker

567

39

Health Problems of the Neonate   Sandie Skinner, Mary Brophy, Ctare Barrow

581

40

Health Problems during Infancy   Kathy Scanlon, Anna-Lisa Sorrentino, Maureen Harrison, Terri Fletcher, Gill Prudhoe

593

41

Health Problems in Early Childhood   Arija Nikola Parker

619

42

Health Needs of Middle Childhood   Susan Hooton, Diane Scott

639

43

Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The Nursing Response   Michael Cooper, Colman Noctor

653

SECTION 4

CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

673

44

Chronic Illness and the Family   Barbara Elliott, Peter Callery, Julie Mould

675

45

Caring for Children with Critical Illness   Marion Aylott

691

46

Care of the Child Requiring Palliative Care   Jayne Price, Marisa McFarlane

719

47

Children with Learning Disabilities   Victoria Jones, Ruth Northway

735

 

Index

745