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A simple approach is often the best
ADMINISTRATION Administration manager Helen Hyland Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch
DISTRACTION and play therapy are tried and trusted techniques for children’s nurses to use in difficult and tricky circumstances. Nurses in Serbia are having their attitudes and practice challenged with a new programme to teach such techniques to prepare children for surgery.
BUSINESS UNIT Commercial director Tony O’Rourke PA to commercial director Kim Sanders Head of marketing Helen Sumner Deputy head of marketing Michelle Day Marketing executive Louise Gallagher Group educational projects manager Laura Downes Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Advertisement and sponsorship sales manager Neil Hobson Senior sponsorship and advertising specialist Julia Gomersall Advertisement and sponsorship executives Rachel Fisher, Kelly Smith Advertisement production executive Sally Gauntlett Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 Classified advertisement manager Andy McCallum Sales project specialist Freddie Collier Classified advertisement executives Mandy Croggon, Shona Gethin
Dragana Nikolic instituted a programme that has been so successful that it has now been accepted by Serbia’s health ministry which plans to implement the programme nationwide (page 15). Her story speaks volumes about how such simple techniques and a different way of thinking can reduce the stress for everyone involved and help produce better outcomes.
CONSULTANT EDITORS Doreen Crawford Senior lecturer in nursing and midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester Annette Dearmun Divisional head of governance and nursing (children’s and women’s division), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Antoinette Bewley Senior lecturer, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk Susan Chapman Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust David Clarke Lecturer in nursing, Cardiff University Imelda Coyne Professor of children’s nursing and director of children’s research, Trinity College Dublin Mats Eriksson Associate professor, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden Huda Abu-Saad Huijer Professor of nursing science, American University of Beirut Regina Lai Tong Lee Associate professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Orla McAlinden Lecturer in nursing (children and young people), Queen’s University Belfast Toby Mohammed Head of practice development, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Linda Shields Professor of tropical health nursing, James Cook University and Townsville Health Service District; and honorary professor, Queensland University, Australia Fiona Smith RCN adviser in children’s and young people’s nursing Joanna Smith Senior lecturer in children’s nursing, University of Huddersfield Jocelyne Tourigny Professor and assistant director graduate programs, Ottowa, Canada Mark Whiting Consultant nurse, Peace Children’s Centre, Watford, and WellChild professor of community children’s nursing, University of Herfordshire NURSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company, 59-65 Lowlands Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 11,948 (Jan-Dec 2012) SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Royal College of Nursing Journal subscription department Tel: 0345 772 6100 Personal rates for print edition: from £66 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional print edition rates: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2014 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers. ISSN 2046-2336 (print). ISSN 2046-2034 (online) Printed by Stephens and George, Merthyr Tydfil Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute a recommendation or an endorsement of a product or service, either by the RCN or RCN Publishing ncyp.rcnpublishing.com
The techniques may be regarded as standard practice in the UK and many other parts of the world, but they are not, it seems, always deployed despite good evidence. There may be many reasons for this, but it was one area criticised by parents in the report into children’s cardiac surgery at Leeds General Infirmary. Parents knew from previous experience that staff at another hospital had used distraction to help with their child’s blood tests and
Distraction techniques may be regarded as standard practice, but they are not always deployed despite good evidence
Christine Walker Editor
when the technique was not used, the procedure became an ordeal (page 8). The UK is to become the first country in the world to introduce a meningitis B immunisation programme nationwide following an announcement from the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. The health department is negotiating with a manufacturer and there are indications that the vaccine could be introduced in autumn 2015. The announcement, which has the potential to save many lives, has been welcomed (page 7). This month’s cover features the issue of life-limiting illness and how it affects siblings (page 16). Catherine Lane and Joanne Mason discuss the experiences and challenges that siblings face and how nurses can help. Mark Whiting continues on a similar theme in the first of three articles looking at the impact that having a child with a disability and complex health needs can have on the family (page 26). We also feature the issue of health literacy among families and how important communication is to ensure good outcomes (page 31).
Our mission Nursing Children and Young People aims to promote excellence in neonatal, infant, children’s and young people’s nursing practice. The journal is editorially independent and the opinions expressed are not those of the RCN, nor of any contributor’s employing organisation, unless specifically stated.
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A simple approach is often the best
ADMINISTRATION Administration manager Helen Hyland Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch
DISTRACTION and play therapy are tried and trusted techniques for children’s nurses to use in difficult and tricky circumstances. Nurses in Serbia are having their attitudes and practice challenged with a new programme to teach such techniques to prepare children for surgery.
BUSINESS UNIT Commercial director Tony O’Rourke PA to commercial director Kim Sanders Head of marketing Helen Sumner Deputy head of marketing Michelle Day Marketing executive Louise Gallagher Group educational projects manager Laura Downes Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Advertisement and sponsorship sales manager Neil Hobson Senior sponsorship and advertising specialist Julia Gomersall Advertisement and sponsorship executives Rachel Fisher, Kelly Smith Advertisement production executive Sally Gauntlett Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 Classified advertisement manager Andy McCallum Sales project specialist Freddie Collier Classified advertisement executives Mandy Croggon, Shona Gethin
Dragana Nikolic instituted a programme that has been so successful that it has now been accepted by Serbia’s health ministry which plans to implement the programme nationwide (page 15). Her story speaks volumes about how such simple techniques and a different way of thinking can reduce the stress for everyone involved and help produce better outcomes.
CONSULTANT EDITORS Doreen Crawford Senior lecturer in nursing and midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester Annette Dearmun Divisional head of governance and nursing (children’s and women’s division), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Antoinette Bewley Senior lecturer, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk Susan Chapman Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust David Clarke Lecturer in nursing, Cardiff University Imelda Coyne Professor of children’s nursing and director of children’s research, Trinity College Dublin Mats Eriksson Associate professor, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden Huda Abu-Saad Huijer Professor of nursing science, American University of Beirut Regina Lai Tong Lee Associate professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Orla McAlinden Lecturer in nursing (children and young people), Queen’s University Belfast Toby Mohammed Head of practice development, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Linda Shields Professor of tropical health nursing, James Cook University and Townsville Health Service District; and honorary professor, Queensland University, Australia Fiona Smith RCN adviser in children’s and young people’s nursing Joanna Smith Senior lecturer in children’s nursing, University of Huddersfield Jocelyne Tourigny Professor and assistant director graduate programs, Ottowa, Canada Mark Whiting Consultant nurse, Peace Children’s Centre, Watford, and WellChild professor of community children’s nursing, University of Herfordshire NURSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company, 59-65 Lowlands Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 11,948 (Jan-Dec 2012) SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Royal College of Nursing Journal subscription department Tel: 0345 772 6100 Personal rates for print edition: from £66 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional print edition rates: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2014 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers. ISSN 2046-2336 (print). ISSN 2046-2034 (online) Printed by Stephens and George, Merthyr Tydfil Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute a recommendation or an endorsement of a product or service, either by the RCN or RCN Publishing ncyp.rcnpublishing.com
The techniques may be regarded as standard practice in the UK and many other parts of the world, but they are not, it seems, always deployed despite good evidence. There may be many reasons for this, but it was one area criticised by parents in the report into children’s cardiac surgery at Leeds General Infirmary. Parents knew from previous experience that staff at another hospital had used distraction to help with their child’s blood tests and
Distraction techniques may be regarded as standard practice, but they are not always deployed despite good evidence
Christine Walker Editor
when the technique was not used, the procedure became an ordeal (page 8). The UK is to become the first country in the world to introduce a meningitis B immunisation programme nationwide following an announcement from the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. The health department is negotiating with a manufacturer and there are indications that the vaccine could be introduced in autumn 2015. The announcement, which has the potential to save many lives, has been welcomed (page 7). This month’s cover features the issue of life-limiting illness and how it affects siblings (page 16). Catherine Lane and Joanne Mason discuss the experiences and challenges that siblings face and how nurses can help. Mark Whiting continues on a similar theme in the first of three articles looking at the impact that having a child with a disability and complex health needs can have on the family (page 26). We also feature the issue of health literacy among families and how important communication is to ensure good outcomes (page 31).
Our mission Nursing Children and Young People aims to promote excellence in neonatal, infant, children’s and young people’s nursing practice. The journal is editorially independent and the opinions expressed are not those of the RCN, nor of any contributor’s employing organisation, unless specifically stated.
Follow us: @EditorNCYP
NURSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Read more at: nursingblog.rcnpublishing.co.uk
Visit us at: Nursing Children and Young People April 2014 | Volume 26 | Number 3
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