child health

Diagram of Wilm’s tumour in a baby
Cancer Nursing Practice

Gene causing rare form of kidney cancer identified

Research news
10 Dec 2019
Nurses’ underuse of non-pharmacological pain relief interventions in preterm infants
Nursing Children and Young People

Nurses’ underuse of non-pharmacological pain relief interventions in preterm infants

Clinical
09 Dec 2019
Picture shows RCNi Awards 2019 Child health category winner Joanna Broderick (left) with a mother holding a baby and following the oxygen weaning guideline she developed.
Nursing Children and Young People

The RCNi Nurse Awards 2020 can help put you and your specialty in the spotlight

Features
06 Dec 2019
Learning Disability Practice

Development of training programme to manage behaviour that challenges in children and young people with learning disabilities

Clinical
05 Dec 2019
Picture shows a health visitor with a mother and baby. Health visitor numbers in England are the lowest on record, according to an analysis of NHS data by the Labour Party.
Nursing Children and Young People

Health visitor numbers lowest ever, says Labour Party

News
04 Dec 2019
Picture of Maggie Clarke, a school nurse who helped modernise a health and well-being service and has won an award from Cavell Nurses’ Trust.
Nursing Children and Young People

School nurse wins Cavell Star Award for modernising service

News
04 Dec 2019
Picture shows a boy, seated, looking intently at a mobile phone. New guidance aims to improve recognition and management of depression in children aged five to 18 and promote effective treatments.
Mental Health Practice

Depression in children and young people: recognition and management

Clinical update
29 Nov 2019
Ilustration of the book cover of the Trouble with Poo for people with learning disabilities and autism
Learning Disability Practice

Constipation: new book tackles poo taboo

News
28 Nov 2019
Picture shows a premature baby asleep in an incubator. New guidelines for nurses examine the stark decisions that arise when caring for extremely premature babies.
Nursing Children and Young People

Neonatal nursing: new guidelines on caring for very premature babies

Analysis
22 Nov 2019
Family members’ perceptions of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital
Nursing Children and Young People

Family members’ perceptions of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Clinical
11 Nov 2019
Picture shows a woman and a boy sitting on a hospital bed, reading a book together. Nurses interviewed about caring for children with learning disabilities in acute settings stressed the need to be adaptable and flexible
Learning Disability Practice

Nurses need more exposure to children with learning disabilities

Research news
11 Nov 2019
Woman holding up a new-born baby. Picture: iStock
Primary Health Care

How cost-effective is the Family Nurse Partnership?

Research news
06 Nov 2019
Primary Health Care

An intervention package helps parents of excessively crying babies

Research news
06 November 2019
Nursing Children and Young People

School nurses create video to help children understand puberty

News
06 November 2019
Primary Health Care

The Daily Mile: is this initiative fit to get children moving?

Research news
06 November 2019
Nursing Children and Young People

Enhancing the care of children and young people with mental health issues

Clinical
05 November 2019
Nursing Children and Young People

Enhancing the care of children and young people with mental health issues

Clinical
05 November 2019
Nursing Children and Young People

Frequency of injection site assessment for lipohypertrophy in children and young people with type 1 diabetes

Clinical
31 October 2019

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