| Description |
viii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: A plan for change -- Responding to change -- Creating and maintaining a culture of best practice -- Conclusion |
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Contents note continued: An historical perspective -- The present -- Children's and young people's participation in health care -- Children and young people's participation in research -- Ethical issues -- Child-centred research approaches -- Children as participants in research -- Conclusion -- 3.Consulting and Informing Children and Young People -- Key points -- Introduction -- Gaining and sharing information -- Information underpinning interactions -- Information about more than the condition -- Different methods of gaining and sharing information -- Consultations and sharing information from health professionals -- Written and visual information -- Seeking health information from the internet -- Preparing children and young people for procedures, interventions and condition changes -- Timing -- Content of preparation -- Conclusion -- 4.Children and Young People Having Choices and Making Health Decisions -- Key points -- Introduction -- Making decisions -- |
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Contents note continued: Making decisions as an adult -- Making decisions as a parent -- Children and young people making medical decisions -- Characteristics influencing children and young people's competency -- Age -- Experience -- Presence of parents and family dynamics -- Involving children and young people in making choices and decisions -- Children and young people making their own choices -- The role of children's nurses -- Conclusion -- 5.How Settings Shape Children's and Young People's Care -- Key points -- Introduction -- The places and spaces of care -- At home -- In the community -- In the hospital -- In residential care or a long-term care facility -- Remote care: telemedicine and beyond -- The impact of health care on child and family space -- Technology in the home -- Health professionals and carers -- Maintaining spaces and places for children and their families -- Enabling and maintaining family space -- Affirming the impact -- Defining the spaces -- |
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Contents note continued: Negotiating and maintaining the boundaries -- Legal and regulatory influences -- Conclusion -- 6.Understanding Children's and Young People's Experiences of Illness -- Key points -- Introduction -- Children's and young people's understanding of illness -- Experiences of being ill -- Being ill: acute illness -- Being ill: having cancer -- Being ill: chronic illness and complex and/or continuing care needs -- Being in hospital -- Perceptions of treatment and symptoms -- Undergoing treatment -- Experiencing symptoms -- Fear -- Fatigue -- Pain -- Conclusion -- 7.Examining Practice: Improving the Care of Children and Young People -- Key points -- Introduction -- What is best practice? -- The scientific view: evidence based nursing -- The government and organisational view -- The professional view -- The consumer view: children's and families' views -- How do we know when practice is not t̀he best'? -- Changing practice -- A climate for change -- |
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Machine generated contents note: What's in a name? -- Promoting critical thinking -- Using the book -- Being passionate and thinking critically -- 1.Approaches to Nursing Children, Young People and their Families -- Key points -- Introduction -- An historical context of children's health care -- The current context of children's health care -- Family-centred care -- Family-centred care and children and young people with complex needs -- Family-centred care: the case for and against -- Family-centred care: where to for nursing children and young people? -- Child-centred care: a further evolution in children's health care -- Child-centred care in practice: how are we doing? -- Transitioning care: another consideration in the care of young people -- Conclusion -- 2.Children's and Young People's Position and Participation in Society, Health Care and Research -- Key points -- Introduction -- Children and young people: their positioning in society and health care -- |
| Summary |
Taking a unique approach to the study of children's nursing, this book tackles the broad, overarching issues which are essential to contemporary practice chapter by chapter. The authors focus on critically analysing research, evidence and theory, to help students meet the needs of the new degree curriculum |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical thinking.
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Pediatric nursing.
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| Author |
Bray, Lucy, author
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Dickenson, Annette, author
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Edwards, Maria, author
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Ford, Karen (Karen Maree), author
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| ISBN |
9781446248607 (paperback) |
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