Children and Young People's Nursing: Principles for Practice, Second Edition

363 Pages·2017·4.3 MB·English

by  Alyson M. Davies, Ruth E. Davies

Children and Young
People’s Nursing
Principles for Practice
Second Edition
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Children and Young
People’s Nursing
Principles for Practice
Second Edition
E dited by
Alyson M. Davies
Swansea University, UK

Ruth E. Davies
Swansea University, UK
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Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data
Names: Davies, Alyson, 1963- , editor. | Davies, Ruth, 1954- , editor.
Title: Children and young people’s nursing : principles for practice /
[edited by] Alyson Davies, Ruth Davies.
Description: Second edition. | Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016012713| ISBN 9781498734325 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781498734332 (e-book) | ISBN 9781498734349 (vital book) | ISBN
9781498734356 (epub)
Subjects: | MESH: Pediatric Nursing--methods
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To Tom (17 April 1987–3 August 2006)
and
To Gwilym and Megan
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Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
Contributors xvii
PART 1 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE IN CONTEXT: A Rights-Based Approach 1
1 The right for children and young people to participate in their own healthcare 3
Jill John and Richard Griffith
2 Safeguarding and child protection 33
Catherine Powell
3 The use of restraint in children and young people’s nursing 49
Sally Hore
PART 2 FAMILY-CENTRED CARE IN PRACTICE: Being Inclusive 73
4 Being family centred: Inclusive practice with mothers, fathers and others 75
Sue Higham
5 Recognizing and supporting the needs of siblings 93
Maria O’Shea, Mary Hughes, Eileen Savage and Clare O’Brien
6 The need for a culturally sensitive approach to care 111
Pat Colliety and Vasso Vydelingum
PART 3 CARE DELIVERY ACROSS A RANGE OF SETTINGS 135
7 Neonatal care: Provision, nursing and challenges 137
Elisabeth Podsiadly
8 Specialist community public health nursing: Health visiting and school nursing 165
Cathy Taylor and Susan Jones
9 Community children’s nursing 183
Ruth Davies and Marie Bodycombe-James
10 Children and young people’s mental health 199
Julia Terry and Alyson Davies
11 Caring for children and young people with complex mental health problems 221
Alyson Davies and Julia Terry
12 Transitional care for children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions 247
Katrina McNamara-Goodger
PART 4 DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S NURSE 263
13 Advanced practice in children and young people’s nursing 265
Dave Barton, Alyson Davies and Ruth Davies
14 Involving children and young people in research to inform service delivery at home and in hospital 289
Joan Livesley and Angela Lee
15 Issues in developing an educational and professional portfolio 309
Alyson Davies and Gary Rolfe
Index 331
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Foreword
It is critical that advocates and champions of children’s rights engage with professionals who are responsible
for delivering services for children and young people. In order to give the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (UNCRC) real meaning and bring the articles to life, we must develop an understanding
of what is meant by a ‘rights-based approach’ and examine how practical application can be asserted across
our services.
This textbook reflects the commitment of nursing professionals to children’s rights and expresses the
intrinsic link between children’s rights and effective practice leading to positive outcomes. The book
challenges boundaries of current practice in children and young people’s nursing and encourages a new
generation of children’s nurses to become critical thinkers.
Wales has a strong track record of recognizing the UNCRC. The National Assembly for Wales can be
rightly proud of the legislation that it has passed which promotes and protects children’s rights, not least of
which is the groundbreaking Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011, which requires
Welsh ministers to have due regard to the UNCRC in everything they do. Guidance, regulations and policy
emanating from the Welsh government have also reflected this commitment, often explicitly. The prob-
lem facing child rights advocates lies in determining how to safeguard and enforce children’s rights when
children may be unable to exercise them of their own will.
The challenge therefore for all professionals working with children and young people is turning this
commitment into improvements in the everyday experience of those children and young people accessing
services. This book is a valuable contribution.
The themes in the book take us back to the fundamental point that children’s needs are distinct and this
must be recognized in practice. As Charles Lamb said, ‘A child’s nature is too serious a thing to admit of its
being regarded as a mere appendage of another being’.* If we are to fully recognize Article 24 of the UNCRC,
which recognizes the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health, children must be at the heart
of healthcare planning and delivery, with all considerations and decisions ultimately focused on the child.
Of course, the articles of the UNCRC are indivisible so as well as the central issue of the best interest of the
child being at the core of what nurses do, we must also consider the voice of the child in all discussions. A suc-
cessful model of provision of health services will have voice and choice within the rights-based framework.
Edited by two highly experienced children’s nurses who have worked in higher education for a number of
years, this book includes submissions from nurse practitioners, researchers and academics, covering issues
most pertinent to children’s lives today. Chapters on safeguarding, child and adolescent mental health, par-
ticipation and school nursing, among others, are interspersed with case studies from visionary practitioners.
This edition is enhanced by new chapters on neonatal nursing, recognizing and supporting siblings’ needs
and involving children and young people in research to inform service delivery at home and in hospital.
Children’s and young people’s nurses have challenging, stimulating and rewarding careers. They play a
vital role not only in providing direct care but also in promoting physical health and well-being. This should
be on the must-read list of not just undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students but all practitioners
who work with children and young people.
Sally Holland
Children’s Commissioner for Wales
* Charles Lamb (1775–1834): A bachelor’s complaint of the behaviour of married people. In E.V. Lucas (ed.) (1912) Elia
and the last essays of Elia, Chapter 25. Methuen: London. Available at https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lamb/charles/elia/
book1.25.html.
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