Abstract
This chapter is an overview of the many and varied aspects of nursing sick children
and their families. Children's nurses care for sick children from birth through childhood and adolescence to young adulthood. Thus they are required to have extensive knowledge of child development and health issues at particular ages as well as an understanding of the needs of children when they are ill and those of their families and how these needs can be met. In addition to caring for children when they are sick, children's nurses have a role in the prevention and early detection of ill health and in the care of children who are not sick but who may be particularly vulnerable due to specific disabilities or social circumstances.
and their families. Children's nurses care for sick children from birth through childhood and adolescence to young adulthood. Thus they are required to have extensive knowledge of child development and health issues at particular ages as well as an understanding of the needs of children when they are ill and those of their families and how these needs can be met. In addition to caring for children when they are sick, children's nurses have a role in the prevention and early detection of ill health and in the care of children who are not sick but who may be particularly vulnerable due to specific disabilities or social circumstances.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The nursing companion |
| Editors | Peter Birchenall, Nicola Adams |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | 13 |
| Pages | 229-262 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781403941886 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |