Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, second edition, is concise and practical guide to all aspects of the CYP nurse's role.

Covering assessment and management, right through to advice for the family, the expert authors provide information on a wide range of topics, including normal growth and development, pain, palliative care, religion and culture, and professional issues. In addition there is also and a separate section on paediatric emergencies and coverage of recognising deviations from the norm as well as interpreting clinical findings and investigations, and measures to promote successful care practice.

Fully updated and revised for this new edition, it is now packed full of even more clinical information and practical advice, including a wealth of guidance and recommendations that have been gleaned from the authors' many years of experience. The most up-to- date legislation, policy and practice is now covered, including significant changes in child safeguarding, immunisation, medicines, resuscitation protocols and the common assessment framework. The chapter on neonatal care has also been expanded and now contains information on care and breastfeeding of the pre-term infant, as well as developmental and kangaroo care. Cochlea implants, intussusception and professional issues - such as working with diverse communities, and involving young people in health services have also been included.

Written by practising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, second edition, continues to be 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.

1: Fundamental aspects of children's and young people's nursing
2: Legal and professional issues
3: Administration of medicines in children's and young people's nursing
4: Skin problems and communicable diseases
5: Neurological problems
6: Respiratory problems
7: Cardiovascular problems
8: Gastrointestinal problems
9: Genito-urinary problems
10: Reproductive problems
11: Musculo-skeletal problems
12: Sensory problems
13: Haematology and immunity problems
14: Care of children and young people with cancer
15: Endocrine and metabolic disorders
16: Neonatal problems
17: Genetic and congenital problems
18: Mental health
19: Children and young people with chronic illness / disability
20: High dependency and intensive care

Edited by Edward Alan Glasper, Professor of Child Health Care, School of Nursing & 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