A textbook of children's and young people's nursing / edited by Edward Alan Glasper, James Richardson.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes Internet access.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1 Essentials of children\'s nursing:- 1. Historical perspectives of children\'s nursing--2. Working with children and their families--3. Contemporary child health policy: the implications for children\'s nurses--4. Cultural aspects of children\'s nursing--5. The psychological preparation of children for hospitalisation--6. Family centred care--7. Assessing and planning care in partnership--8. Public health, primary health care and the development of community children\'s nursing--9. Family responses to ill health and admission to hospital--10. Communicating with children and their families--11. The dynamic child: children\'s psychological development and its application to the delivery of care--12. Physical growth and development in children--13. Preparing the family for stressful life events, child life and the role of therapeutic play--14. The evidence base for children\'s nursing practice-- 15. Involving children in healthcare research-- 16. Ensuring quality and the role of clinical audit-- 17. The management of acute pain in children-- 18. Children and surgery--19. Protecting children: the role of the children\'s nurse--20. Ethics in children\'s nursing--21. Legal aspects of child health care-- 22. The role of Paediatric Emergency Assessment Units (PEAU)--23. Emergency department management of sick children-- Section 2: Knowledge and skills for practice:- 24. Children with complex motor disability--25. Caring for children with fluid and electrolyte imbalance-- 26. Caring for children with genitourinary problems-- 27. Respiratory illness in children-- 28. Caring for children with gastrointestinal problems-- 29. Caring for children with cardiovascular problems-- 30. Caring for children: the role of the immune system in protecting against disease--31. Caring for children and adolescents with malignant disease-- 32. Non-malignant haematological disorders of childhood--33. Caring for a child with neurological dysfunction-- 34. Caring for children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders--35. Caring for children with orthopaedic disorders-- Section 3: Health problems and health promotion:- 36. Prevention of childhood injuries-- 37. Information is the key to empowerment-- 38. Inherited conditions and the family-- 39. Health problems of the neonate-- 40. Health problems during infancy--41. Health problems in early childhood-- 42. Health needs of middle childhood--43. Child and adolescent mental health: the nursing response-- Section 4: Caring for children with special needs:- 44. Chronic illness and the family-- 45. Caring for children with critical illness-- 46. Care of the child requiring palliative care--47. Children with learning disabilities.

This textbook is aimed at children's and young people's nurses in a wide range of practice settings. Rooted in child-centred health care within a family context, the book draws upon best contemporary practice throughout the UK and further afield.