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Children and Young People's Nursing at a Glance

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Glasper, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • How to use your revision guide
  • About the companion website
  • Part 1: Assessment and screening
  • 1: Assessment of the child
  • Interviewing
  • history taking
  • Observation
  • subjective data
  • Measuring
  • objective data
  • Summary
  • 2: SBAR framework
  • Inter-professional working
  • Communication barriers
  • When using SBAR tool the practitioner should aim to:
  • 3: The nursing process
  • What is nursing theory?
  • What is the nursing process?
  • Planning care
  • Summary
  • 4: Nursing models
  • Nursing models used in children and young people's nursing
  • How nursing models can be used in practice
  • Summary
  • 5: The care plan
  • Assessment
  • What to assess
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation
  • Documentation
  • 6: Record keeping
  • What constitutes a patient record?
  • CIA mnemonic
  • Ensuring good record keeping
  • What colour ink should nurses use when making records?
  • All nurses should follow the no ELBOW rule when making notes
  • Problems faced by nurses in keeping records
  • How long should records for children be kept?
  • Summary
  • 7: Engagement and participation of children and young people
  • What are the practical hints and tips that can assist in achieving effective engagement and participation of children and young people?
  • What to avoid
  • 8: Observation of the well child
  • 9: Observation of the sick child
  • Introduction
  • The importance of observation
  • Respiratory rate
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Pulse
  • Capillary Refill Time
  • Blood pressure
  • Temperature
  • Child, young person and family-centred care
  • 10: Septic screening
  • What is sepsis?
  • Stabilization of the infant or child
  • Blood tests
  • Urine
  • Stool sample
  • Chest X-ray
  • Lumbar puncture for CSF sample
  • Swabs
  • Consent
  • 11: Advanced physical assessment
  • Airway
  • Breathing
  • Circulation
  • Disability
  • Exposure
  • 12: Developmental assessment
  • Assessment
  • Genetics and nature versus nurture
  • Developmental milestones
  • Developmental delay
  • Implications for practice
  • 13: Paediatric Early Warning Score
  • Calculating the Paediatric Early Warning Score
  • Limitations
  • 14: Paediatric critical care
  • Recognition and management of the seriously ill child
  • 15: Understanding investigations
  • Radiology
  • Sampling of cerebrospinal fluid
  • Blood samples
  • Sputum samples
  • Gastric washings
  • Nasopharyngeal aspirate
  • Per nasal swabs
  • Urine samples
  • Biopsy
  • 16: Understanding blood gas analysis
  • pH
  • Buffers
  • Respiration
  • Base deficit
  • Renal tubular secretion
  • Anion gap
  • Sampling
  • 17: Understanding blood chemistry
  • Electrolytes
  • Kidney function
  • Liver function
  • Acid-base balance
  • 18: Understanding pathology specimen collection
  • Important principles when collecting specimens
  • Obtaining blood samples
  • Urine collection
  • Stool specimens
  • Transporting specimens