
The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices
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The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices
About this book
Clinical skills are a fundamental aspect ofnursing care of children and young people. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices is an evidence-based manual of practical skills in children's nursing which builds on the extensive expertise developed at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It encompasses all aspects of children's nursingfrom the most basic aspects of everyday practice to advanced practice in high dependency and intensive care to provide a comprehensive resource for all qualified nurses, students, and other health-care professionals involved in caring for children, both in the hospital and the community setting.
Children's and young people's nursing presents unique challenges. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual utilises the latest clinical research and expert clinical knowledge to address these challenges, andprovides the underlying theory and evidence fornursing care of children.It provides a definitive guide to clinical skills procedures in children's and young people's nursing which enables nurses working with children and young people to practice confidently and deliver clinically effective family-centred care.
Key features
- Offers access to clinical procedures developed through the extensive expertisefrom Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Contains evidence-basedrecommendations for expert care
- Encompasses all aspects ofchildren's care
- Contains procedures guidelines students can rely on and effectively use in practice following qualfication
- Highlightsspecific needs of neonates and adolescents
- Placed in the context of inter-disciplinary care of the child
- Includes the rationale for each procedure - the 'why' as well as 'how'
- Information presented in a similar way to The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures - offering continuity to those working in both adult and paediatric settings
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Table of contents
- Cover
- The GOSH website
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Assessment
- Chapter 2: Allergy and anaphylaxis
- Chapter 3: Biopsies
- Chapter 4: Administration of blood components and products
- Chapter 5: Bowel care
- Chapter 6: Burns and scalds
- Chapter 7: Child protection
- Chapter 8: Cytotoxic drugs
- Chapter 9: Fluid balance
- Chapter 10: Personal hygiene and pressure ulcer prevention
- Chapter 11: Immunisations
- Chapter 12: Infection prevention and control
- Chapter 13: Intravenous and intra-arterial access
- Chapter 14: Investigations
- Chapter 15: Administration of medicines
- Chapter 16: Moving and handling
- Chapter 17: Neonatal care
- Chapter 18: Neurological care
- Chapter 19: Nutrition and feeding
- Chapter 20: Orthopaedic care
- Chapter 21: Pain management
- Chapter 22: Palliative care
- Chapter 23: Peri-operative care
- Chapter 24: Play as a therapeutic tool
- Chapter 25: Poisoning and overdose
- Chapter 26: Respiratory care
- Chapter 27: Resuscitation practices
- Chapter 28: Tracheostomy: care and management
- Chapter 29: Urinary catheter care
- Chapter 30: Drug withdrawal – prevention and management
- Index