A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to make placements more enjoyable and less stressful for children's nursing students.
Children’s nursing placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a variety of settings and caring for a range of children and their families when they are at their most vulnerable. You will have new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.
From absence policy to paediatric early warning scores, via faeces, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.
A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to make placements more enjoyable and less stressful for children's nursing students.
Children’s nursing placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a variety of settings and caring for a range of children and their families when they are at their most vulnerable. You will have new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.
From absence policy to paediatric early warning scores, via faeces, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.
Before we start
1. Top tips from child nursing students
Getting there
2. Preparing for placement
3. Uniform
4. Absence from placement
5. The NMC Code
6. Family-centred care
7. Consent, competence and confidentiality
8. Guidance on using social media
Settling there
9. Induction and first day
10. Working with your practice supervisor (mentor)
11. Common documentation
12. Communicating with your colleagues
12.1 Answering the phone
13. Communicating with children, young people and families
Being there
14. Personal safety
14.1 Hand hygiene
14.2 Infection control and sharps
policy
14.3 Moving and handling
15. Fundamental skills
15.1 Assessment using activities of
daily living
15.2 Healthy Child Programme
15.3 A to E assessment
15.4 Observation of vital signs
15.5 Paediatric early warning scores
(PEWS)
15.6 Aseptic Non Touch Technique
(ANTT)
15.7 Drug administration
15.8 Drug calculations for
children
15.9 Infant Feeding
15.10 Nutrition and fluids
15.11 Skin assessment
15.12 Urinalysis
15.13 Faeces
15.14 Risk assessment from a
paediatric perspective
15.15 Safeguarding children and young
people
15.16 Play and distraction
16. Paediatric Basic Life Support and choking
17. Common medical emergencies
17.1 Respiratory distress
17.2 Sepsis
17.3 Anaphylactic reaction
17.4 Escalating concerns
18. Pain and pain assessment
19. Common medication groups for children
Moving on from there
20. Reflection
21. FAQs
22. Common terminology
23. Useful websites
Valerie is a Registered Children's Nurse and Registered Nurse
Teacher, with a clinical background in children's high dependency
nursing and children's clinical trials. Valerie joined the
University of Central Lancashire in 2016 as a lecturer in the
School of Nursing, gaining a Post Graduate Certificate with
Distinction in Health and Social Care Education in 2019. Valerie is
currently working as a Student Coach, helping students to get the
most out of their time at the university. She is a Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy.
Julia Robinson is a Registered Adult Nurse, a Registered Children’s
Nurse and a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. She holds a
Bachelor of Nursing degree (BN Hons) and is a non-medical
prescriber. Julia has a clinical background in children’s surgical
nursing and health visiting. She has also worked with the United
Nations (UNHCR) as a volunteer nurse caring for Myanmar refugees in
Malaysia.
Julia joined the University of Central Lancashire in 2016 as a
lecturer in children’s nursing and is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy.
Great book!
‘This is a very handy cute book for a first year student going to
placement. It is really handy when learning to write shift
evaluation and got very useful and common nursing terminologies as
well as good advice to take with before starting your placement!
It’s amazing how nicely it can fit on you nursing uniform pocket!
Thank you!’
Amazon reviewer
Great buy!
‘Excellent little booklet with some great information and tips on
starting placement for children's nursing. Recommended to anyone
about to start.’
Amazon reviewer
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