Pragmatic Children's Nursing

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. This book explores the triad relationship between children, carers and nurses within the context of healthcare delivery. Ht analyses the moral and ethical implications of pragmatic children's nursing, which challenges the established ideas of family-centred care. In addition to offering theoretical grounding and debate, Randall presents four practical case studies which model how this theory may work within various hospital and community settings. Establishing a link between the concepts inherent in pragmatism and our understanding of childhood within society, this accessible book will appeal to a global audience of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students, researchers and policy makers. Discover more about this subject on our author Duncan C. Randall's website, which provides extra resources and information here: http://pragmaticchildrensnursing.com/

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

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