Product Description

The skills required by children's nurses are many and varied, and are undertaken in a variety of settings. Sick children are cared for at home, in children's units and hospitals, and sometimes in adult wards. In addition, children with disabilities may need nursing care while at special schools or in residential settings. This book provides a clinical manual of common procedures in children's nursing. Each practice is research based, and discussed within a framework which examines: objectives, rationale, factors to note, guidelines, positioning, equipment, method, special observations and possible, complications, references and further reading. The guidelines have been written specifically for children's nursing by contributors from well-known children's units and are not simply adaptations from adult practices. All hospital and community nurses dealing with children, whether in a specialised unit or an adult unit, which also admits children, will find this book of great practical help.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #317637 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

a very good book for paediatric nurses
being a paediatric nurse student I find myself trying to find books that help me on practice. this book is easy to understand and has much information about nearly every procedure that is used in paediatric nursing. a great book for student nurses, nurses and anyone who wants to find out why and how procedures are carried out.

an absoloute god send
For anyone who found the common foundation year completely useless for children's nursing this book is a god send. It has possibly every procedure you'll be asked to do during your training with clear do's and don't's and brilliant diagrams. It's easy to understand and doesn't resemble a breeze block so you can carry it round with you on placements. I'd recommend it to any student paediatric nurse.

Excellent book for children's nurses
I am a child branch student nurse and currently have this book on loan from my University library. I am so tempted to buy it as I'm sure I would use it all the time. This is a fantastic book, which explains each skill/procedure step by step and gives rationale for why you are doing so. It is easy to read, with useful charts and illustrations. I would definately recommend this book to any child branch student or children's nurse.