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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"B730 - Children's nursing"”.
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Children's nurses' pain management practices: theoretical knowledge, perceived importance and decision-making
Children continue to experience unrelieved moderate to severe pain post-operatively. Previous studies have suggested several factors to explain this. However, the impact of these factors on practice has not been explored. Nor have children's nurses clinical decision-making strategies been examined. …
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Quality of life and coping in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease
… instrument to measure quality of life (aoL) in children with IBD and explore family functioning and coping strategies used by children and their parents. A pilot study was conducted to assess the feasibility of adapting the Dutch children's IBD QoL instrument (IMPACT) for the UK population. The …
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'Following the Line': An ethnographic study of the influence of routine baby weighing on breastfeeding women in a town in the Northwest of England
Weight monitoring is an integral part of routine community child health care in the United Kingdom. An intensive focus on fluctuations in charted weight of young babies has been charged by some breastfeeding advocates with undermining continued breastfeeding. Concern has also been expressed by …
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An Investigation into the Functional Changes Brought about by Full Body Lycra Suits in Children with Cerebral Palsy
… to evaluate the effectiveness of Lycra Suits in children with Cerebral Palsy during walking. Methods: Eleven children (nine male and two female) aged 2yrs to 9yrs old, with Cerebral Palsy or similar neurological disorders were recruited to participate in the study. The patients were initially …
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Implementation of an Urdu version of the paediatric pain profile, a pain assessment tool for children with severe and complex disability: an evaluation using mixed methods
Pain assessment in children with severe and complex disability relies upon carers' recognition of children's pain cues. The Paedialric Pain Profile (PPP) is a pain assessment tool specifically developed for this population of children. The PPP was evaluated for its acceptability and feasibility as …
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'Normal but different, different but normal.' Children's and their parents' perceptions of living with diabetes
Typel diabetes mellitus can affect children of all ages and it is a life threatening life long condition which requires complex and demanding therapies in order to achieve the level of control needed to reduce long term complications. It is therefore important for healthcare professionals to …
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Expression of Emotion by infants with and without Disabilities
The aim of this research was to provide a detailed description of emotional expression in infants, with and without disabilities. 30 typically-developing infants (aged four to five-and-a-half months)were video-recorded in four situations: immunisation, oral polio vaccination, social play and …
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“I never thought there could be anything worse than cancer but chemo is": Adverse Drug Reactions in a Children's Oncology Unit
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are common in children and young people and contribute significantly to morbidity, mortality and hospital costs more so in children who are cared for within the speciality of oncology. There is little research that addresses how ADRs impact on children and young people …