UNLABELLED Theme: Child protection and managing risk. Errors in medication is a very recurring problem in paediatric units and for that reason paediatric nursing students have to possess good mathematical skills (Doherty C, 2012). It is important to evaluate these competences during their university nursing degree (Harvey 2009). This problem has been discussed and it was subsequently decided to...

Nurse residency programs for newly licensed RNs are a critical component in bridging the clinical practice gap between education and practice. In May 2013, the Institute of Pediatric Nursing invited leaders from pediatric nursing organizations and children's hospitals to attend a forum on nurse residency programs for pediatric nurses. This article presents a summary of the discussions that occu...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate and compare maternal-satisfaction (global and areas) with maternal-child nursing care (MSMINC) and to explore the relationship of MSMINC with wait time, length of visit, and maternal age and education. METHODS Cross-sectional descriptive study comprising 213 mothers. Group 1 (n = 84), mothers of children aged <1 year, and Group 2 (n = 129), mothers of children between 1 and...

Clinical case reports and the viva voce: a valuable assessment tool, but not without anxiety Catherine Hungerford, Garry Walter & Michelle Cleary Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia School of Nursing and Midwifery, Univer...

UNLABELLED Theme: Nursing education, management and leadership. INTRODUCTION Therapeutic education and the monitoring of child/family with diabetes to allow an exchange of knowledge, the maximum control and the best management in this new condition. OBJECTIVE To determine the children's satisfaction level with the diabetes nursing consultation. METHODS Cross-sectional and descriptive stud...

OBJECTIVE to align the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) Version 2.0 ontology and a proposed INCP® Brazilian Ontology. METHOD document-based, exploratory and descriptive study, the empirical basis of which was provided by the ICNP® 2.0 Ontology and the INCP® Brazilian Ontology. The ontology alignment was performed using a computer tool with algorithms to identify corre...

OBJECTIVE describe the skills of nurses to conduct family interviews based on the Family Care Guide for Nursing Clinical Practice. METHOD exploratory case study that analyzed the content of 16 guides applied to a child emergency service by a novice nurse from the family nursing area. RESULTS the records indicated the presence of perceptual, conceptual, and executive skills required to condu...