Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness

Children and young people suffering from long-term conditions
require continuing support and nursing care throughout their lives.
Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic
Illness explores chronic disease management in the context of
recent developments, including the National Service Framework for
Children. It addresses the aetiology of chronic illness and the
impact on the child?s family. It also explores holistic
approaches to caring for their social, physical and psychological
needs, and highlights the importance of the nurse?s role in
promoting children and their parents as ?expert
patients?.

Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic
Illness is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for nursing
students and practitioners on the context, theory and practice of
assessing health needs, and the delivery of holistic care and
services within a variety of care settings, to enable them to meet
the changing needs of children and young people with chronic
illnesses and diseases, and their families.

The first nursing-specific text related to the care of children
& young people with chronic illness

Incorporates case studies & scenarios throughout to enable
readers to gain an understanding of the application of concepts
& theories in practice

Covers care aspects of the child and young person in different
settings including tertiary, secondary, primary health care and the
home

Written in the context of the NSF for Children