Patient safety in the care of hospitalised children: evidence for paediatric nursing. / Segurança do paciente no cuidado à criança hospitalizada: evidências para enfermagem pediátrica.

OBJECTIVES: To describe evidence of international literature on the safe care of the hospitalised child after the World Alliance for Patient Safety and list contributions of the general theoretical framework of patient safety for paediatric nursing. METHOD: An integrative literature review between 2004 and 2015 using the databases PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Web of Science and Wiley Online Library, and the descriptors Safety or Patient safety, Hospitalised child, Paediatric nursing, and Nursing care. RESULTS: Thirty-two articles were analysed, most of which were from North American, with a descriptive approach. The quality of the recorded information in the medical records, the use of checklists, and the training of health workers contribute to safe care in paediatric nursing and improve the medication process and partnerships with parents. CONCLUSION: General information available on patient safety should be incorporated in paediatric nursing care.

Segurança do paciente no cuidado à criança hospitalizada: evidências para enfermagem pediátrica / Seguridad del paciente en la atención al niño hospitalizado: evidencia para la enfermería pediátrica / Patient safety in the care of hospitalised children: evidence for paediatric nursing

RESUMO Objetivos Descrever evidências na literatura internacional para o cuidado seguro da criança hospitalizada após a criação da Aliança Mundial para a Segurança do Paciente e elencar contribuições do referencial teórico geral da segurança do paciente para a enfermagem pediátrica. Método Revisão integrativa da literatura entre 2004 e 2015 nas bases de dados PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Web of Science e Wiley Online Library, utilizando os descritores Safety or Patient safety, Hospitalized child, Pediatric nursing e Nursing care. Resultados Foram analisados 32 artigos, a maioria norte-americanos, com delineamento descritivo. A qualidade do registro das informações no prontuário, o emprego de checklists e a formação profissional contribuem para o cuidado seguro na enfermagem pediátrica, bem como para melhorias no processo medicamentoso e na parceria com os pais. Conclusão As informações gerais disponíveis sobre a segurança do paciente devem ser incorporadas no cuidado de enfermagem pediátrica.

RESUMEN Objetivos Describir la evidencia de la literatura internacional para el cuidado seguro de los niños hospitalizados después de la creación de la Alianza Mundial para la Seguridad del Paciente y listar las contribuciones del marco teórico general de la seguridad del paciente para la enfermería pediátrica. Método Una revisión integradora de la literatura entre 2004 y 2015 fue realizada en las bases de datos PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Web of Science y Wiley Online Library, utilizando los descriptores Seguridad o Seguridad del paciente, Niño hospitalizado, Enfermería pediátrica y cuidado de enfermería. Resultados Se analizaron 32 artículos, la mayoría de América, con diseño descriptivo. La calidad de los registros de la información en la historia clínica, el uso de listas de control y la formación profesional contribuyen a la atención segura en enfermería pediátrica, así como mejoras en el proceso de la medicación y la asociación con los padres. Conclusión La información general disponible sobre la seguridad del paciente debe ser incorporada en la atención de enfermería pediátrica.

ABSTRACT Objectives To describe evidence of international literature on the safe care of the hospitalised child after the World Alliance for Patient Safety and list contributions of the general theoretical framework of patient safety for paediatric nursing. Method An integrative literature review between 2004 and 2015 using the databases PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Web of Science and Wiley Online Library, and the descriptors Safety or Patient safety, Hospitalised child, Paediatric nursing, and Nursing care. Results Thirty-two articles were analysed, most of which were from North American, with a descriptive approach. The quality of the recorded information in the medical records, the use of checklists, and the training of health workers contribute to safe care in paediatric nursing and improve the medication process and partnerships with parents. Conclusion General information available on patient safety should be incorporated in paediatric nursing care.

Inequality of Paediatric Workforce Distribution in China.

Child health has been addressed as a priority at both global and national levels for many decades. In China, difficulty of accessing paediatricians has been of debate for a long time, however, there is limited evidence to assess the population- and geography-related inequality of paediatric workforce distribution. This study aimed to analyse the inequality of the distributions of the paediatric workforce (including paediatricians and paediatric nurses) in China by using Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, and Theil L index, data were obtained from the national maternal and child health human resource sampling survey conducted in 2010. In this study, we found that the paediatric workforce was the most inequitable regarding the distribution of children <7 years, the geographic distribution of the paediatric workforce highlighted very severe inequality across the nation, except the Central region. For different professional types, we found that, except the Central region, the level of inequality of paediatric nurses was higher than that of the paediatricians regarding both the demographic and geographic distributions. The inner-regional inequalities were the main sources of the paediatric workforce distribution inequality. To conclude, this study revealed the inadequate distribution of the paediatric workforce in China for the first time, substantial inequality of paediatric workforce distribution still existed across the nation in 2010, more research is still needed to explore the in-depth sources of inequality, especially the urban-rural variance and the inner- and inter-provincial differences, and to guide national and local health policy-making and resource allocation.

Gaps in community workforce putting pressure on parents.

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Staff shortage affects care for families of seriously ill children.

THERE IS a 'worrying shortage' of children's nurses to care for seriously ill children, a charity has found.

The role of nursing team continuity in the treatment of very-low-birth-weight infants: findings from a pilot study.

AIM: To assess the association between nursing team continuity and quality of care. BACKGROUND: Research on nurse staffing and its effect on quality of care is investigated to different degrees. However, very few studies have observed whether the continuous deployment of nursing staff is associated with quality of care. METHODS: This study was conducted in two university neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). We matched nurse schedule data for the NICUs with nursing-sensitive patient outcomes and quality of care, as perceived by parents. We used analysis of variance to analyse differences in nursing team continuity between NICUs and regression analyses to identify associations with the outcome measures. RESULTS: There were considerable differences between units in terms of team continuity of nursing staff. Positive associations were found between team continuity and a higher rate of non-invasive respiratory support as well as parents' perceptions of how well they knew their nurse. CONCLUSIONS: The findings show remarkable differences in staff assignment in the different NICUs. In addition to appropriate staffing levels, scheduling nursing teams continuously would appear to play a role in influencing treatment quality. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: This paper emphasises the importance of carefully considered staff scheduling decisions.

Wales and Scotland see fall in number of children's nurses.

WHILE THERE has been an increase in commissioned children's nursing training places across the UK since 2013/14, the number of children's nurses in Wales and Scotland has fallen, government figures show.