Evidence-based Child Health Care

EDWARD ALAN GLASPER is Professor of Nursing and Director of Child Health Services at the University of Southampton LORRAINE IRELAND is Lecturer in Child Health Nursing at the University of Southampton

Introduction: Challenging Issues Facing Children's Nurses in their Quest to Deliver Evidence-Based Practice; E.A.Glasper & L.Ireland.- Evidence-Based Clinical Nursing Practice: Providing the Evidence; T.Long.- The Legacy of a Paediatric Nursing Degree Course; A.Dearmun .- The Role of Professional Journals in Promoting Evidence-Based Care; A.Casey.- Parental Participation in the Care of Hospitalised Children: A Review of the Evidence; P.Callery & E.Savage.- Being a Mother of a Critically Sick Child: Issues for Nursing Practice and Research; J.Noyes.- Children's Voices in Health Care Planning; E.Elliott & A.Watson.- The Surveillance of Childhood Accidents: Providing the Evidence for Accident Prevention; L.King.- Children's Knowledge of their Internal Anatomy; C.Gaudion.- Can Information Leaflets Assist Parents in Preparing Children for Hospital Admission?; K.Stone.- Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health: Enhancing Professional Knowledge and Skills; R.Smith.- Added Power and Understanding in Sex Education; J.Tripp.- A Prospective Study of the Provision and Outcome of Paediatric Intensive Care in the South West United Kingdom; S.Warne.- The Lived Experiences of Paediatric Nurses' Enjoyment of Caring for Sick Children; M.Bodycombe-James.- Nurses' Management of Fever: Rituals or Evidence-Based Practice?; M.Harrison.- Decision Analysis in Evidence-Based Children's Nursing; D.O'Sulivan-Burchard.- Measuring Effectiveness: The Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse's Role; L.Lowes.- Home Sweet Home: Examining the Interface Between Hospital and Home; M.Lane & S.Barker.- Intravenous Antibiotics at Home: A Parent's Perspective; C.Ruskin.- There's a Whole Family Hurting: The Experience of Living with a Child in Chronic Pain; B.Carter.- A Collaborative Approach to Evidence-Based Child Health Nursing Practice; S.Nagy.