Pragmatic Children''s Nursing - A Theory for Children and Their Childhoods

Pragmatic Children's Nursing is the first attempt to create a paediatric nursing theory which argues for the importance of giving children living with illness access to a childhood which is, as far as possible, equal to that of their peers. Set in the historical context of the development of children's nursing, this theory is presented in detail as an educational process, complete with eight outcome measures which allow the practitioner to evaluate its effectiveness.

List of contents

Preface 1. If it quacks like a pigeon, it’s a duck! The context of children’s nursing 2. Assumptions about understanding, nursing, children and childhoods 3. Children living a childhood 4. The "I , the thou and the them" of children’s nursing-Bauman 5. What’s the good of children’s nursing? 6. Worked example case studies 7. Afterword

About the author

Duncan C. Randall is a Principal Teaching Fellow in Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Randall, Randall Duncan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138552937
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55293-7
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Research in Nursing and Midwifery
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Personal & public health, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Nursing research & theory, Personal and public health / health education, Paediatric nursing, Nursing research and theory