A review of paediatric intensive care services in England (PICU) is among 32 recommendations in the Independent Review of Children's Cardiac Services in Bristol.
Three quarters of children aged 12 and older in England and Wales with diabetes did not have their recommended 7 health checks last year, although overall diabetes control rates have improved.
A continuing lack of nurses in schools will worsen the crisis in child mental health.
Christine Walker
Christine Walker
A simple idea from one patient has been turned into an initiative that it is hoped will be implemented in neonatal units up and down the UK. But it stemmed from one unintentional throwaway comment.
Constance Gray,Martin Christensen
Constance Gray
Admitting children to emergency departments (EDs) often places them in an environment better suited to the treatment of adult patients. These children are often triaged and treated as adults, resulting in children being given the wrong tria...
Donya Panjganj,Ann Bevan
Donya Panjganj
Pain assessment is crucial to achieving optimal pain management in children. Pain that is insufficiently controlled can have extensive short- and long-term repercussions. Many studies continue to report that children experience unnecessary ...
Ingalill Ek,Anette Höglund,Helene Lidström
Ingalill Ek
Background Guidance during Meals is a two-week inpatient intervention undertaken at the Folke Bernadotte Regional Habilitation Centre, Sweden, to help parents deal with children's eating problems. Parents are given advice about medical and/...
Yvonne Dexter
Yvonne Dexter
The sudden or anticipated death of a child is one of the most challenging and unique experiences that children's nursing students will encounter in practice. There is evidence to suggest that the effect this can have on a practitioner can a...
Emma Cowen
Emma Cowen
WHILE I don't imagine anyone in any line of work feels happy about calling in sick, I have never known anyone experience the same level of guilt about it as nurses.