This popular textbook is aimed at children’s nurses in a wide range of practice settings including primary, ambulatory, and tertiary care. Covering the full age and specialty spectrum this text brings together chapters from among the best-known children’s nurses in the UK. It describes family-centred child healthcare drawing upon practice throughout the UK and further afield.

This innovative text provides up to date information on a wide range of topics. Each chapter offers readers additional material on Evolve. Full Microsoft PowerPoint presentations that facilitate interactive learning augment the written chapters and provide information not normally possible in a standard textbook e.g. colour photographs, video clips.

Although intended for nurses the book adopts an interprofessional, problem-solving and reflective approach aimed at students, practitioners and child health educators. Material is offered from levels 1-3 and some of the ancillary material extends into the postgraduate arena.

Each chapter offers readers additional material on an Evolve website. Full Microsoft PowerPoint presentations augment the written chapters and provide extra information that includes case studies, moving image, photographs and text.

Aims, objectives, learning outcomes, a summary box in each chapter and key points assist learning and understanding

Professional conversation boxes enliven the text on the page and make it more interesting to dip into

Suggestions for seminar discussion topics to help teachers

Case studies help to relate theory to practice

Prompts to promote reflective practice

Activity boxes/suggested visits

Evidence based practice boxes which highlight key research studies, annotated bibliographies including details of web-sites and full contemporary references to the evidence base

Resource lists including recommended web-site addresses

New chapter on blood disorders of childhood.

New material on caring for young people and transitions in care.

More on childhood eczema, childhood and adolescent mental health, solid tumours of childhood.