• Fast access to concise, targeted information on all essential aspects of children's and young people's nursing
• Written by experienced nurses and packed full of up-to-the minute guidance and information
• Patient centred, evidence-based and in line with government guidelines
• An indispensable companion for practising and student nurses in a variety of care settings

Children's and young people's (CYP) nursing requires special skills and a unique perspective. The Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing gives concise, practical and expert advice on all aspects of the nurse's role. Written for both practising and student nurses, it is a comprehensive and reliable guide to the care of children and young people in a family context.

Giving a complete picture of the role of the CYP nurse, the contents are arranged to mirror the key concepts of CYP nursing. Helping you achieve the best possible results for your patients, the authors offer a wealth of recommendations, guidance and information from their years of experience. Whatever situation you are in, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing will give you the information you need.

Designed to allow any nurse to deliver safe and effective care, basic principles and emergency protocols enable action to be taken in any setting and without expert assistance. Core content includes assessment; management; and advice to the family; with sections on recognition of deviations from the norm; the interpretation of clinical findings and investigations; and measures to promote successful care practice. Further key topics include normal growth and development, religion, culture and spirituality, professional issues, pain, palliative care and a separate section on paediatric emergencies.

So you can find the information you need without delay, the book is clearly laid out with one topic per page, and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages for writing notes, observations and local protocols allow your handbook to be customised to meet your specific needs. All this is available at your fingertips, in a pocket-sized handbook with hard-wearing plastic covers.

Written by practising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion to practising and student nurses, and to all who need to understand the special issues associated with children's and young people's nursing.

Readership: (1) Students following the children's nursing branch (2) Qualified children's and young people's nurses (3) Primary care nurses; community nurses; health visitors; school nurses (4) Students on the adult nursing branch who have to cover children's nursing issues

1: Normal growth and development
2: Care of the child / young person and family
3: Care of the child / young person and family in hospital
4: Care of the child / young person and family in the community
5: Assessing the sick child
6: Nursing care of the sick child
7: Fundamental skills
8: Systems-based problems
8.1: Skin problems and communicable diseases
8.2: Neurological problems
8.3: Respiratory problems
8.4: Cardiovascular problems
8.5: Gastrointestinal problems
8.6: Genito-urinary problems
8.7: Reproductive problems
8.8: Musculo-skeletal problems
8.9: Sensory problems
8.10: Haematology and immunity problems
8.11: Oncology
8.12: Endocrine and metabolic problems
8.13: Neonatal problems
8.14: Genetic and congenital problems
9: Mental Health
10: Children and young people with chronic illness / disability
11: Palliative care
12: High dependency care
13: Drugs in children's nursing
14: Professional issues
15: Safeguarding children
16: Religion, culture and spirituality
17: Research with children
18: Paediatric emergencies
19: Minor injuries
20: Reference section

Edited by Edward Alan Glasper, Professor of Child Health Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, UK, Gillian McEwing, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health Studies, University of Plymouth, UK, and Jim Richardson, Principal Lecturer, School of Health Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK Contributors:
Alan Charters, Queen Alexander Hospital, Portsmouth Alan Glasper, University of Southampton Alison Hayes, Honeylands Children's Centre, Exeter Alison Hegarty, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Alison Tait, University College London Hospitals Amanda Stoner, University of Leeds Andrea Fairclough, Youth Offenders Team Newton Abbott, Devon Andrea Gibson, Queen's University Belfast Andrea Macarthur, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Andrea O'Donnell, Royal Liverpool Children's Trust (Alder Hey), Liverpool Andrea Peters, Manchester Children's Hospitals Andrew J.S. Brown, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Angela Horsley, Aberdeen Children's Hospital Angela Ledsham, Southampton University Angela Shead, Honeylands Children's Centre, Exeter Angela Waddell, Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Edinburgh Angie Tims, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Anna Chick, Royal Cornwall Hospital Anna O