Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People
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Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People by Jayne Price
This innovative and student-friendly textbook provides up-to-date information on the core content of child nursing courses and helps students understand how it applies to practice. Covering all settings throughout, including the acute and community ones, it focuses on the importance of child and family centred care, by having them directly involved through the use of voices and case studies. This book provides a comprehensive framework for student knowledge development by including: Activities and theory stop-points to encourage students to develop their critical thinking skills. Pointers to further reading resources, including journal articles and videos for students to explore and build knowledge more independently. A range of online resources including extra scenarios for lecturers to use in their teaching and MCQs for students to revise. Essential reading for undergraduate nursing students specialising or wanting to specialise in children and young people nursing.
Fantastic evidence-base on the mechanisms of child biology, physiology, assessing children, and all the different childhood illnessThey talk about community care, law, policy, and there’s also a section about caring for children with complex or high-needs, or critically ill children.
The book features multiple contributors from a variety of clinical, academic and leadership roles as well as viewpoints on many aspects of care from students, parents and most importantly, children. The book signposts the student to consider critical aspects of practice throughout such as ‘safeguarding stop points’, ‘what’s the evidence?’ boxes and links to critical thinking or reflection.
The book is aimed at second and third year children’s nursing students and keeps this audience firmly in focus with reference to a review panel of students. It would also be a good introductory resource for any qualified nurse newly caring for children and young people. -- Alison Taylor, Senior lecturer in Child Health Nursing, University of Brighton
(Full video review can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wc3cN1fYPg)
-- Grace Barry - Registered Nurse and BloggerThe book features multiple contributors from a variety of clinical, academic and leadership roles as well as viewpoints on many aspects of care from students, parents and most importantly, children. The book signposts the student to consider critical aspects of practice throughout such as ‘safeguarding stop points’, ‘what’s the evidence?’ boxes and links to critical thinking or reflection.
The book is aimed at second and third year children’s nursing students and keeps this audience firmly in focus with reference to a review panel of students. It would also be a good introductory resource for any qualified nurse newly caring for children and young people. -- Alison Taylor, Senior lecturer in Child Health Nursing, University of Brighton
Jayne Price is Professor of Children’s Nursing at Kingston University London. She qualified as a general nurse in 1991 (Belfast) and as a children’s nurse (Leeds) in 1995. Her clinical background within children’s nursing includes a strong focus on oncology and palliative care. Having taught as a Senior Lecturer (Education) at Queen’s University Belfast since 2001, Jayne moved to Kingston/St George’s in 2014. In her current sole, Jayne teaches and facilitates student learning from foundation degree through to PhD level and has received a number of awards for teaching/educational developments. Throughout her career to date Jayne has made stringent efforts to enhance care for children requiring palliative approach and their families, through practice, education and research. She is a Trustee of Martin House Children’s Hospice and is also involved in the work of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Jayne has published and presented widely nationally and internationally. Orla McAlinden has been an adult nurse since 1979 (Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Northern Ireland, working through the period of civil and political turbulence known as ‘the Troubles’) and a children’s nurse since 1986 (Queen Mary’s Hospital Carshalton) and a Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland since 1992. Her clinical background with children includes medical/surgical nursing, education and clinical experience in PICU and NICU (Lewisham & Evelina Children’s Unit at Guy’s Hospital London). Orla’s clinical and professional interests lie in ethical, legal and professional aspects of children’s nursing, with a particular interest in infant mental health, emotional/mental health and wellbeing, complex needs and CAMHs-related issues. Currently, Orla works in the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland in a Category A Prison, and as a Teaching Assistant at Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Panel for the Nursing Children and Young People’s Journal, a Specialist Advisor with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), a Steering Group member for RCN Community & Continuing Care Forum, and a Social Media Moderator for that Forum’s Facebook/Twitter pages. She is a keen participant with the @WeCYPNurses community on Twitter and an advocate for professional social media use.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473964853 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473964857 |
| Title | Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People |
| Author | Jayne Price |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-12-28 |
| Number of pages | 688 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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