Paediatric nursing
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Comparative Study
Post-operative pain: the impact of prescribing patterns on nurses' administration of analgesia.
In the past 30 years, significant improvements have been made in the management of children's pain, with most children receiving analgesia post-operatively. However, the amount of analgesia administered to children after surgery varies depending on a number of factors. ⋯ Nurses need to be more responsive to children in pain and acknowledge the value of prn prescribing of analgesics for children post-operatively. There is a need to increase nurses' confidence in assessing and responding to children's pain.
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Comparative Study
Evaluation of dressings used with local anaesthetic cream and for peripheral venous cannulation.
To compare four polyurethane dressings manufactured by two different companies for use in children. ⋯ There was little difference between the two brands, including costs.