Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance

Children and Young People s Nursing Skills at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children s nursing students. Highly visual, each clinical skill is covered in a two-page spread, with superb colour illustrations accompanied by clear informative text. Providing up to date, evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical skills that are required by today s children s nurses, this comprehensive and accessible text makes it easy for the reader to grasp the fundamentals in order to meet the care needs of the child and family, both in the hospital and community setting. Structured around the key systems of the body, the book is divided into sixteen sections, and covers all the essential clinical skills, including: Principles of assessment Communication Record keeping Drug calculations and administration Safeguarding Care planning Respiratory and cardiac care Gastrointestinal care ECG reading and interpretation Neurological assessment Musculoskeletal care. Aimed at both student nurses and those newly qualified, Children and Young People s Nursing Skills at a Glance provides need to know, rapid information to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children's nursing students. Highly visual, each clinical skill is covered in a two-page spread, with superb colour illustrations accompanied by clear informative text.Providing up to date, evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical skills that are required by today's children's nurses, this comprehensive and accessible text makes it easy for the reader to grasp the fundamentals in order to meet the care needs of the child and family, both in the hospital and community setting. Structured around the key systems of the body, the book is divided into sixteen sections, and covers all the essential clinical skills, including:* Principles of assessment* Communication* Record keeping* Drug calculations and administration* Safeguarding* Care planning* Respiratory and cardiac care* Gastrointestinal care* ECG reading and interpretation* Neurological assessment* Musculoskeletal care.Aimed at both student nurses and those newly qualified, Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance provides need to know, rapid information to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

Contributors ixPreface xPart 1: Assessing children: Principles1 Initial assessment: subjective 22 History taking 43 Principles of systematic assessment 64 Communication 85 Developmental considerations 106 Informed consent 127 Safeguarding 148 Family-centred care 169 Record keeping 1810 Planning care 20Part 2: Assessment of the child: Objective data11 Airway and breathing 2212 Circulatory assessment 2413 Measuring blood pressure 2614 Assessment of pain 2815 Moving and handling 3016 Measuring temperature 3217 Weight, BMI, height/length and head circumference 3418 Blood glucose monitoring 3619 Skin integrity 3820 Pulse oximetry 40Part 3: Drug administration21 Principles of drug administration 4222 Drug calculations 4423 Administration of medication 4624 Inhaled drug administration 4825 Intranasal diamorphine 5026 Intravenous fluid administration 52Part 4: Respiratory27 Spirometry 5428 Peak expiratory flow 5629 Arterial blood gas sampling 5830 Oxygen administration 6031 Suctioning 6232 Tracheostomy care 6433 Non-invasive ventilation 6634 Underwater seal drain 68Part 5: Gastrointestinal35 Infant feeding 7036 Breastfeeding 7237 Formula feeding 7438 Insertion of nasogastric and nasojejunal tubes 7639 Nasogastric tube feeding 7840 Gastrostomy feeding 80Part 6: Renal41 Urine collection 8242 Catheter insertion 8443 Catheter care 86Part 7: Neurological44 Neurological assessment in children 8845 Preparation for lumbar puncture 90Part 8: Musculoskeletal46 Neurovascular assessment 9247 Care of a cast 9448 Skin traction 96Part 9: Skin49 SteriStrip(TM) application 9850 Wet wrapping in atopic eczema 100Part 10: Cardiac51 12-lead electrocardiography 10252 3-lead electrocardiography 104Part 11: Pre- and post-operative care53 Pre-operative care and transfer to theatre 10654 Post-operative recovery 108Part 12: Emergency Care55 Basic life support (BLS) 11056 Advanced resuscitation of the infant and child 11257 Transfer of the critically ill child 114Part 13: Newborn58 Phototherapy 11659 Care of the umbilicus 118Part 14: Infection control60 Hand washing 12061 Aseptic non-touch technique 122Part 15: Haematology62 Obtaining blood samples 12463 Transfusion of blood and blood components 12664 Cannulation 129Part 16: End-of-life care65 Care of the dying child 13266 Care after death 134Index 136