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Assessment of pain in children with brain injury: moving to best practice

Nurses are guided to use pain tools for assessing pain. Appropriate tools exist for all ages of children, as well as accounting for diverse communicative abilities and impairments such as brain injury. Use of pain tools, and good documentation of…

Tags: 2014, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Dunford C, Journal Article, Nissen S

Death of adolescents: parental grief and coping strategies

The death of an adolescent is a particularly complex issue. The process of grieving and coping can be complicated by the tension that may have existed in the parent/child relationship because of the conflict in terms of personal ideology at this…

Tags: 2001, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude To Death, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Child, Davies AM, Grief, Humans, Journal Article, Parent caregivers, Parent-child Relations, Parents/psychology, Psychological

End-of-life care in paediatrics

The article provide information on end-of-life care in paediatrics, including the signs that death is imminent, how to manage the care of a dying child or young person and support their family, and how to care for the patient after death. Topics…

Tags: 2020, Bereavement, British Journal Of Nursing, Carr E, Child, Hospice and Palliative Nursing, January 2021 List, Patient care -- In Infancy and Childhood, pediatric nursing -- Education, psychosocial support, Rosengarten L

Establishing need for palliative care services for children/young people

This article describes how epidemiology may be used effectively to provide hard statistical data upon which to justify and base the development of paediatric palliative nursing services within a defined locality. Through an analysis of mortality data…

Faith-sensitive end of life care for children, young people and their families

This article is part of an at a glance series on palliation and end of life care in paediatrics and focuses on the provision of faith-sensitive end of life care. Particular religions are discussed, with some key points for care of patients from some…

Tags: 2021, British Journal Of Nursing, Camara C, End Of Life Care, Faith, Faith-sensitive end of life care, May 2021 List, Personal belief, Rosengarten L, Young People, Young people and end of life care

Issues of patient consent: a study of paediatric high-dependency care

This article reports on the issues relating to obtaining informed, signed consent for a study of paediatric high-dependency care and provides practical guidance on confidentiality for health service researchers. Consent and confidentiality are not…

Removal, retention and storage of organs and tissue in the UK

2005

Tags: 2005, Autopsy/legislation & jurisprudence Child Female Fetal Tissue Transplantation/legislation & jurisprudence Great Britain Hospitals, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Dimond B, Hospital/legislation & jurisprudence Professional Misconduct/legislation & jurisprudence Tissue Donors/legislation & jurisprudence Tissue and Organ Procurement/legislation & jurisprudence, Journal Article, PedPal Lit, Public Humans Infant Parental Consent/legislation & jurisprudence Pathology Department

Rights of the child: to die?

The legal position of the child as a vulnerable individual requires us as a society to treat them with special consideration in regard to the sanctity of life. In UK law, euthanasia is currently illegal, although there are some moves afoot to have…

Tags: 2014, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Campbell A, Child, Child Advocacy, Europe, Euthanasia, Gormley-Fleming Liz, Humans, Journal Article, Patient Rights, Terminally Ill

The challenge of transitional care for young people with life-limiting illness

Transitional care for young people with life-limiting illness is a particularly complex issue. The process of moving from paediatric to adult services is often fraught and poorly planned. As a result, this can add to the distress experienced by the…

Tags: 2004, Adolescent, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Catastrophic Illness/nursing, Child, Child Health Services/organization & administration, Continuity Of Patient Care, Disabled Children, Humans, Journal Article, Maunder EZ, Nursing Assessment, Palliative Care

The role of the courts in disagreements over the care of seriously ill babies

Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, reviews how the courts assist in settling disputes over the care of seriously ill babies and describes the test used to inform decisions about their treatment.

Tags: 2017, British Journal Of Nursing, December 2017 List, Experimental Therapy, Griffith R, Hospitalized Child, Human, Infant, Legislation And Jurisprudence, Long Term Care, Newborn, Terminal Care, Treatment Outcome, United Kingdom

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