Learning to Support Children With Complex and Continuing Health Needs and Their Families

Abstract

Developing opportunities for preregistration nursing students to learn to support children with complex needs and their families is possible and potentially beneficial.

Reconceptualizing children's complex discharge with health systems theory: novel integrative review with embedded expert consultation and theory development

“…,b). The lack of coordinated and anticipatory care in part stems from hospital‐ and community‐based nurses (and in some contexts where doctors lead care such as the USA) not being adequately involved in discharge planning and not having appropriate clinical skills to provide safe and competent care (Hewitt‐Taylor & Farasat , Farasat & Hewitt‐Taylor ). An effective communication loop from the child's hospital bedside back to the socio‐political level is not yet in place to address these issues.…”

“…Clinical training in complex care should be addressed by professional development of trained carers and undergraduate and postgraduate children's community nurses, but as yet this does not consistently happen (Farasat & Hewitt‐Taylor , Law et al . ).…”

Identifying the types of technology that are used by children with intellectual disabilities and associated complex needs living at home in Ireland

“…The potential long‐term consequences of caring for a child with complex needs at home identified in the literature includes psychological and emotional stress, social isolation, curtailment of family activities and financial strain (Farasat & Hewitt‐Taylor ). Redmond et al .…”

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“…Reasons for this include shorter hospital stays; advances in medicine resulting in longer life expectancy; and known improvements in the physical health of the child when they are cared for at home rather than in the hospital setting (Farasat & Hewitt-Taylor, 2007).…”