Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant

Michaela Dixon is a Lecturer/ Clinical Development Nurse in Paediatric Intensive Care holding a joint appointment between the University of the West of England and the United Bristol Healthcare Trust. Doreen Crawford is a Senior Lecturer in the Family Centred Care Division at De Montfort University and ia Link Lecturer to the Neonatal Units and the Paediatric Intensive Care Units of the University Hospitals Leicester. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education and a committee member of the RCN Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses Forum. Debra Teasdale is Head of the Department of Health, Wellbeing and the Family, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church University. Previously an Neonatal Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Debra developed expertise in Neonatal Intensive Care. Jan Murphy is a Clinical Development Sister at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital. She is also a committee member of RCN Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses Forum,

• List of contributors. 1 Introduction to paediatric high dependency care (Colin M. Way and Doreen Crawford).2 Physiological monitoring (Debra Teasdale).3 Respiratory (Caroline Haines).4 Cardiac (Sandra Batcheler and Michaela Dixon).5 Caring for a highly dependent child with fluid, electrolyte and nutritional requirements (Jill Cochrane, Doreen Crawford, Michaela Dixon and Janet Murphy).6 The child with acute neurological dysfunction (Michaela Dixon and Janet Murphy).7 Care of a child with a hepatic or metabolic disease (Graham Gordon, Doreen Crawford, Debra Teasdale and Michaela Dixon).8 Renal (Kathryn Summers and Debra Teasdale).9 Children who need management of pain and sedation (Doreen Crawford and Sarah Roberts).10 Care of the child with a burn injury (Jane Leaver and Clare Thomas).11 Infection and infection control (Katie Anderson, Felix Hay and Doreen Crawford).12 Care of the child with haematological and oncological conditions (Karen Selwood, Michelle Wright and Doreen Crawford).13 Play for the infant and child in the high dependency unit (Tina Clegg).14 Transportation of the acutely ill child (Michaela Dixon, Marian Perrott and Gill West).15 Ongoing care and management (Janet Murphy, Doreen Crawford and Michaela Dixon).Appendix 1.Appendix 2.Appendix 3.References, further reading and resources.Useful websites.Index.

"Overall, good value for money and it will appeal to those who work in high dependency unit areas at any grade. Nursing students will also find the contents invaluable to support their specialist learning experience. Those working general children's wards will also benefit from the aspects of this book which will make an ideal reference copy." (Paediatric Nursing, February 2009)