Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness (eBook)

Fay Valentine, Lesley Lowes (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
280 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-69139-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Children and young people suffering from long-term conditions
require continuing support and nursing care throughout their lives.
Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic
Illness explores chronic disease management in the context of
recent developments, including the National Service Framework for
Children. It addresses the aetiology of chronic illness and the
impact on the child's family. It also explores holistic
approaches to caring for their social, physical and psychological
needs, and highlights the importance of the nurse's role in
promoting children and their parents as 'expert
patients'.

Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic
Illness is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for nursing
students and practitioners on the context, theory and practice of
assessing health needs, and the delivery of holistic care and
services within a variety of care settings, to enable them to meet
the changing needs of children and young people with chronic
illnesses and diseases, and their families.

* * The first nursing-specific text related to the care of children
& young people with chronic illness

* * Incorporates case studies & scenarios throughout to enable
readers to gain an understanding of the application of concepts
& theories in practice

* * Covers care aspects of the child and young person in different
settings including tertiary, secondary, primary health care and the
home

* * Written in the context of the NSF for Children

Autor

Fay Valentine is Director of the Children and Young People's Directorate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University. She has a long history of working with children and young people with chronic illness. Her specialist interests are leadership, adolescence and chronic illness. She is the Welsh representative on the RCN Children and Young People's Advisory Panel, a member of the all-Wales Senior Children's Nursing Forum and committee member for the Welsh Nursing and Midwifery Council. Lesley Lowes is a Research Fellow/Practitioner at the Research, Health and Social Care Research Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University. She is an experienced qualitative researcher, whose research interests include childhood chronic illness (diabetes in particular), theories of loss, grief, adaptation and change, and the involvement of service users in health and social care research. She has an extensive clinical and academic publication portfolio, particularly in the field of paediatric diabetes. In addition to her academic work, she has a 50% clinical remit as a paediatric diabetes specialist nurse with Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust.

Inhalt

1 The Definition and Aetiology of Chronic Illness.

Fay Valentine & Suzanne Hazell.

2 Context of Care and Service Delivery.

Fay Valentine & Peter Mcnee.

3 Impact upon the Child and Family.

Lesley Lowes.

4 An Holistic Approach to Meeting Physical, Social and
Psychological Needs.

Julia Tod & Beverly Hodges.

5 Empowering Children, Young People and their
Families.

Mandy Brimble.

6 Ethical Issues.

Peter Mcnee & Maggie Furness.

7 Continuing Care Needs.

Melda Price & Sian Thomas.

8 Acute Emergencies.

Peter Mcnee & Martina Nathan.

9 Adolescence.

Sian Bill & Yvonne Knight.

10 Transitional Care.

Sian Bill & Beverly Hodges

Rezensionen

'This is an invaluable source of information about differing
perspectives in chronic illness for those working in primary or
secondary care. It is also recommended for those undertaking
pre-qualifying and post-qualifying children's nursing courses. It
is an essential read for practitioners at a reasonable
price.'

Nursing Standard, vol 22, November 2007

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
• Schlagworte: Krankenpflege • Krankenpflege in der Pädiatrie u. Neonatologie • Krankenpflege in der Pädiatrie u. Neonatologie • nursing • Nursing Children & Young People
• ISBN-10: 0-470-69139-5 / 0470691395
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-69139-7 / 9780470691397