child health

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published a draft set of standards to support specialist community nursing practitioner qualifications
Mental Health Practice

How will proposed practice standards affect community nursing?

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01 Mar 2023
Court artist sketch of Lucy Letby appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court: Consultant Ravi Jayaram recalls the moment he linked the cause of babies’ deteriorating health with a possible air embolism
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Lucy Letby trial: ‘a physical chill that went down my spine’

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23 Feb 2023
Photo of nurse Lucy Letby, she told police harmful insulin dose ‘was not done by me’
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Lucy Letby told police harmful insulin dose ‘was not done by me’

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Many children and families face rising home care costs during the energy crisis
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Ventilator-dependent children's lives are at risk from energy crisis

Comment
21 Feb 2023
Implementing partnership working to enhance the care of the acutely unwell child in children’s community palliative care services
Nursing Children and Young People

Implementing partnership working to enhance the care of the acutely unwell child in children’s community palliative care services

Clinical
20 Feb 2023
Replacing the principle that nurses who work with children should be educated as children’s nurses and the reintroduction of ‘general' nurses as the mainstay of the children’s nursing workforce could involve considerable risk
Nursing Children and Young People

Children's nursing: why diluting skill sets would be a mistake

Comment
15 Feb 2023
Replacing the principle that nurses who work with children should be educated as children’s nurses and the reintroduction of ‘general' nurses as the mainstay of the children’s nursing workforce could involve considerable risk
Nursing Children and Young People

Children's nursing: why diluting skill sets would be a mistake

Comment
15 Feb 2023
Emergency Nurse

Resurgence in children’s respiratory illness: precautions and red flags

Analysis
14 Feb 2023
Nurse Lucy Letby, who is accused of multiple murders and attempted murders of babies in her care at Countess of Chester Hospital
Nursing Standard

Lucy Letby: baby girl died at fourth murder attempt, trial told

News
09 Feb 2023
Respiratory syncytial virus and its prophylaxis with palivizumab: exploring nurses’ knowledge
Nursing Children and Young People

Respiratory syncytial virus and its prophylaxis with palivizumab: exploring nurses’ knowledge

Clinical
08 Feb 2023
Nursing Standard

Watch: see chants and support for nurses on picket lines

News
06 Feb 2023
Non-urgent presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a literature review
Emergency Nurse

Non-urgent presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a literature review

Clinical
02 Feb 2023
Cancer Nursing Practice

Bereavement: what I have learnt about supporting families

Comment
26 January 2023
Nursing Standard

Patient deterioration: making sure the signs aren’t missed

Analysis
23 January 2023
Nursing Children and Young People

Prosopagnosia (face blindness) and child health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical
23 January 2023
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Taking blood from a person with a learning disability: reflections on a parent’s perspective

Clinical
17 January 2023
Nursing Standard

Poetry in motion: nurse’s sweet prose for kids turned into a book

News
13 January 2023
Nursing Children and Young People

Child vaccination schedule: changes, concerns and advice

Analysis
11 January 2023

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