Paediatric nursing
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In spite of its benefits, day or minor surgery is not without complications; pain is a significant issue for someatients (Kotiniemi et al 1997, Grenier et al 1998). Having witnessed considerable variation in the discharge advice given to parents about pain control we were prompted to discover what evidence there is to suggest 4 hat parents can effectively manage their child's postoperative pain at home following day or minor surgery. In this artide cle review the evidence and describe how review findings were used to inform practice.
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High levels of noise in the hospital environment can have an impact on patients and staff increasing both recovery time and stress respectively. When our seven-bedded paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is full, noise levels seem to increase significantly. ⋯ Staff conversation was responsible for most of the noise produced; medical equipment, patient interventions, telephones, doorbell and the air shoot system were also responsible for causing high levels of noise. More can be done to reduce noise and its effects on patients and staff.