Orla McAlinden & Jayne Price 
Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People [PDF ebook] 

This book is a one-stop shop for the vast majority of children and young people′s nursing students.



The editors for the new edition are Jayne Price from Kingston University, Orla Mc Alinden previously from Queen′s University Belfast, and Zoë Veal from UWE Bristol, all with vast experience in nursing children and young people. A high level of research has gone into developing and refining the key features for this edition, such as updated voices and implementing new NMC standards.



This book maps to the content of the majority of pre-registration child nursing programmes, and by adopting a 5 part structure it clearly covers the core parts of training and practice that you will need:



Part 1): Principles of nursing children and young people

Part 2): Wellbeing and development

Part 3): Caring for children and young people with acute health care needs and injury

Part 4): Caring for children and young people with complex and high dependency needs

Part 5): Being a professional children and young people′s nurse

Зміст

PART 1: Principles of nursing children and young people

Chapter 1: Involving children, young people and families in care – Nicola Mitchell, Joanna Smith and Jackie Vasey

Chapter 2: Effective communication with children and young people – Jean Shapcott and Orla Mc Alinden

Chapter 3: Assessment and management of pain in children and young people – Becky Saul and Alison Twycross

Chapter 4: Medication: management, administration and compliance/concordance – Mary Brady and Linda Moore

Chapter 5: Interprofessional working – Georgina Green

Chapter 6: Organisation and settings for care of children and young people – Jane Hughes, Amanda Kelly, Tracey Jones and Orla Mc Alinden

Chapter 7: Community care and care in non-hospital settings for children and young people – Gareth Jones, Sarah Jones, Orla Mc Alinden and Jacqui Scrace

Chapter 8: Law and policy for children and young people’s nursing – Marc Cornock

Chapter 9: Safeguarding children and young people – Cameron Cox and Zoe Clark

PART 2: Child and infant wellbeing and development

Chapter 10: Genetics and epigenetics: effects on children and young people – Gill Langmack and Elisabeth O’Brien

Chapter 11: Infant mental wellbeing and health or ‘how to grow a healthy adult’ – Orla Mc Alinden

Chapter 12: Factors influencing wellbeing and development in children and young people – Melanie Robbins and Cilla Sanders

Chapter 13: Universal screening and the role of the health visitor – Mandy Brimble and Sarah Reddington-Bowes

PART 3: Caring for children and young people with acute healthcare needs and injury

Chapter 14: Assessment and care of children and young people with acute needs – Rachael Bolland

Chapter 15: Preparing children and young people for hospitalisation – Nicky Varley and Elena Higginson

Chapter 16: Care of children and young people in the peri- and postoperative recovery period – Karen Pattrick

Chapter 17: Care of children and young people with respiratory problems – Zoë Veal, Orla Mc Aclinden and Doreen Crawford

Chapter 18: Care of children and young people with cardiovascular problems – Jo Bailey and Zoë Veal

Chapter 19: Care of children and young people with neurological problems – Stuart Hibbins

Chapter 20: Care of children and young people with urinary and renal problems – Mary Brady and Linda Moore

Chapter 21: Care of children and young people with endocrine problems – Kate Davies

Chapter 22: Care of children and young people with immunological problems – Katie Warburton

Chapter 23: Care of children and young people with musculoskeletal problems – Julia Judd

Chapter 24: Care of children and young people with haematological problems – Lizzy Hoole

Chapter 25: Care of children and young people with a thermal injury – Shirin Pomeroy

Chapter 26: Care of children and young people with fluid and electrolyte imbalance – Zoë Veal and Colin Veal

Chapter 27: Care of children and young people with gastrointestinal problems – Zoë Veal, Rebekah Overend and Doreen Crawford

Chapter 28: Discharge planning and transfer for children and young people – Elizabeth Gillespie and Jayne Price

PART 4: Caring for children and young people with complex and high dependency needs

Chapter 29: Care of highly dependent and critically ill children and young people – Usha Chandran and Fiona Lynch

Chapter 30: Care of the neonate – Elisabeth Podsiadly, Mary Goggin, Kathleen Mangahis and Catharine Grob

Chapter 31: Care of children and young people with a malignant condition – Jayne Price and Suzanne Coulson

Chapter 32: Care of children and young people with life-limiting illness – Antoinette Menezes, Tracie Lewin-Taylor and Jayne Price

Chapter 33: Care of children and young people at the end of life – Jayne Price and Melissa Heywood

Chapter 34: Care of children and young people with learning disabilities – Trish Griffin and Jane Lopez

Chapter 35: Care of children and young people with mental health issues – Laurence Baldwin and Ann Cox

PART 5: On being a professional children’s nurse

Chapter 36: Leadership and management in children and young people’s nursing – Melanie Hayward

Chapter 37: Lifelong learning and continuing professional development in children and young people’s nursing – Claire Anderson

Chapter 38: Decision-making and accountability in children and young people’s nursing – Lorraine Highe

Про автора

Zoë Veal is a senior lecturer in children’s and young people’s nursing at the University of the West of England, Bristol and has been a registered children’s nurse since 1995. Her clinical background has predominately focused on surgical specialities, having worked in both short stay and long stay surgical units, cardiology and cardiac surgery (Bristol Royal Hospital for Children), burns and reconstructive surgery and neurology and neurosurgery (Frenchay Hospital, Bristol). In her current role, Zoë teaches and facilitates student learning from foundation year through to master’s level in both theory and practice modules (clinical skills) and has a particular interest in the history of nursing and the use of fiction in nurse education. Zoë has undertaken a number of roles within the university including programme leadership, and she was professional lead for children and young people’s nursing at UWE Bristol during the global pandemic. She is currently the admissions tutor for the undergraduate children and young people’s nursing degree programme and is also a member of the CYP Nurse Academic Network. Alongside her nursing degree and professional registration as a children’s nurse, Zoë also holds degrees in literature and teaching, and is currently working towards a professional doctorate in education (Ed D).