Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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Accurate assessment of pain in children and young people is an essential nursing skill that forms the basis of any pain management intervention. This article outlines the different tools available to assess acute and chronic pain in children and young people. Validity and reliability of these tools is discussed and the importance of factors such as level of cognitive development and age are emphasised.
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Essential facts Harmful sexual behaviour is when children or young people engage in sexual discussions or acts that are inappropriate for their age or development. Many will grow out of these behaviours, so it is important they are not unnecessarily stigmatised.
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As a third-year nursing student my final placement was with an anaesthetic team. Two months into the placement, the emergency telephone rang at 4am, with the message 'obstetric airway emergency' - a call that no nurse or midwife wants to receive.
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When NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens launched the first report of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) in June, he described the findings as 'unvarnished feedback' to every hospital and trust about the experiences of their black and minority ethnic staff.