The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices
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Beschreibung
Clinical skills are a fundamental aspect of nursing care of children and young people. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices is an evidence-based manual of practical skills in children's nursing which builds on the extensive expertise developed at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It encompasses all aspects of children's nursing from the most basic aspects of everyday practice to advanced practice in high dependency and intensive care to provide a comprehensive resource for all qualified nurses, students, and other health-care professionals involved in caring for children, both in the hospital and the community setting.
Children's and young people's nursing presents unique challenges. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual utilises the latest clinical research and expert clinical knowledge to address these challenges, and provides the underlying theory and evidence for nursing care of children. It provides a definitive guide to clinical skills procedures in children's and young people's nursing which enables nurses working with children and young people to practice confidently and deliver clinically effective family-centred care.
Key features
* Offers access to clinical procedures developed through the extensive expertise from Great Ormond Street Hospital
* Contains evidence-based recommendations for expert care
* Encompasses all aspects of children's care
* Contains procedures guidelines students can rely on and effectively use in practice following qualfication
* Highlights specific needs of neonates and adolescents
* Placed in the context of inter-disciplinary care of the child
* Includes the rationale for each procedure - the 'why' as well as 'how'
* Information presented in a similar way to The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures - offering continuity to those working in both adult and paediatric settings
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Autor*in
Susan Macqueen
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"This textbook would be most suited for either studentpaediatric nurses or paediatric nurses working in a wardsetting." (Nursing Times, 23 April 2014)
"This manual builds on the knowledge, skills and expertiseof one of the UK's finest children's hospital andexplains comprehensive, evidence-based care clearly . . .Additionally its availability as an e-book makes it an excellentpocket-sized reference guide." (Nursing Children andYoung People, 1 October 2012)
"Experienced nurses could use the book as a guide forwriting their own procedures and clinical guidelines of care . . .All children's nurses should have this book as areference." (Nursing Standard, 10 October2012)
"It considers all aspects of children's nursing fromeveryday practice to advanced procedures in high-dependency andintensive-care units with the aim of providing a comprehensiveresource for all qualified nurses, students and other healthcareprofessionals involved in caring for children in hospital andcommunity settings." (Times Higher EducationSupplement, 24 May 2012)
"Such a good book! I really like how the book gives you arationale for why practices are undertaken. It is ideal for astudent as it answers all the 'why' questions that theymay have about any procedure you can think of...Informative, easyto read, engaging and interesting."(Emma Louise Scragg, 3rd yearchild nursing student, Salford University)
"A very useful and practical manual on the nursing practices forchildren...A great manual, thank you!" (Amy Griffin, 3rd yearchild nursing student, Keele University)
"A very interesting and well written book, full of all theright information and more for students and qualified paediatricnurses to read upon to expand their knowledge." (Amy Warburton,2nd year child nursing student, University of Nottingham)
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