Preface
Contributors
How to use your revision guide
About the companion website
Part 1: Assessment and screening
1 Assessment of the child
2 SBAR framework
3 The nursing process
4 Nursing models
5 The care plan
6 Record keeping
7 Engagement and participation of children and young people
8 Observation of the well child
9 Observation of the sick child
10 Septic screening
11 Advanced physical assessment
12 Developmental assessment
13 Paediatric Early Warning Score
14 Paediatric critical care
15 Understanding investigations
16 Understanding blood gas analysis
17 Understanding blood chemistry
18 Understanding pathology specimen collection
19 Understanding X-rays
20 Pulse oximetry
21 Central venous devices
22 Tracheostomy care
23 Infant resuscitation
24 Young person resuscitation
25 Resuscitation drugs
26 Emergency care
Part 2: Working with Families
27 Partnership
28 Family centred care
29 Family health promotion
30 Communicating with children
31 Hospital play
32 Role of the children’s community nurse
33 Collaboration with schools
34 Family information leaflets
35 Safeguarding
36 Fabricated or induced illness
37 Gaining consent or assent
38 Clinical holding
39 Breaking bad or significant news
40 Care of the dying child
41 Dealing with aggression
42 Minimizing the effects of hospitalisation
43 Transition
Part 3: The Newborn Infant
44 Fetal development
45 Neonatal examination
46 Neonatal screening tests
47 The premature baby
48 Neonatal transport
49 Jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia
50 Congenital heart disease
51 Neonatal resuscitation
52 Incubator/Babytherm care
53 Sudden infant death syndrome
Part 4: The Developing Child
54 Nutrition in childhood
55 Breast feeding
56 Bottle feeding
57 Feed calculations
58 Percentile charts
59 Child development 0-5 years
60 Child development 5-16 years
61 Age-appropriate behaviour
62 Common behavioural problems of childhood
63 Adolescent development
64 Child health promotion
65 Immunity and immunisation
66 Childhood immunisations
Part 5: Child health policy
67 Child health policy
68 The rights of children in hospital
69 The NHS change model
70 Young person policy
71 Child disability policy
Part 6: Nursing the sick child and young person
72 Pain assessment
73 Pain management
74 Pre-operative preparation
75 Post-operative care
76 Pressure area care
77 Managing fluid balance
78 Administering medication
79 Drug calculations
80 Enteral and nasogastric feeding
81 The feverish child
82 Infectious childhood diseases
83 Assessing infectious diseases
84 Prevention of infection
85 Hyponatreamia and its prevention
86 Thermal injuries
87 Childhood fractures
88 Plaster care
89 Traction care
90 Neurovascular observations
91 Neurological problems
92 Brain injury and coma
93 Seizures
94 Meningitis
95 Septicaemia
96 Respiratory problems
97 Asthma
98 CPAP/BPAP
99 Cardiovascular assessment and shock
100 Inflammatory bowel disease
101 Gastro-oesophageal reflux
102 Coeliac disease
103 Appendicitis
104 Constipation
105 Renal Problems
106 Haematological problems
107 Musculoskeletal problems
108 Reproductive sexual problems
109 Skin conditions
110 Atopic eczema
Part 7: Chronic and Life-limiting Conditions
111 Living with chronic illness
112 Cystic fibrosis management
113 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
114 Epilepsy
115 Childhood cancer
116 Cleft lip and palate
117 Diabetes
118 Diabetes management
119 Childhood obesity
120 Eating disorders
121 Mental health problems
122 Self-harm in childhood
123 What is a learning disability?
124 Autistic spectrum disorder
125 Communicating with the learning disabled child
126 Positive behavioural support
127 Atrioventricular Septal Defect in children with learning disability
128 Genetic conditions: Downs syndrome
129 Other genetic conditions
Further reading
Index