Article: Equipping children's nurses to de-escalate conflict and communicate challenging information

This article considers some of the challenging situations that healthcare staff may encounter when there are tensions and disagreements between the family of a child and the wider professional staff.  The focus is on disagreements about what some might consider futile critical care. The options available to support the healthcare team and therefore avoid litigation are explored, along with identifying situations that might need de-escalation.   A CPD multiple choice quiz is also available on request.

Crawford, D et al. 2020.  Equipping children's nurses to de-escalate conflict and communicate challenging information.   Nursing Children and Young People, 32 (5) p 23 - 31.

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Article: Transforming a family's end-of-life experience: stopping the trafficking

Modern slavery and human trafficking is a phenomenon infrequently reported in hospice and palliative care literature.  In this case study, a children's hospice describes the end-of-live care for a baby from two days to five weeks old and the support provided to his  mother, who the hospice team believed to have been trafficked into the UK.

Ward, B 2018. Transforming a family's end-of-life experience: stopping the trafficking. European Journal of Palliative Care, 25 (3) P102 - 104.

Article: Using cannabis to heal

This article looks at the changes in law allowing medicinal cannabis to be prescribed for "exceptional clinical needs".  It looks at the restrictions on prescription, discusses the situation in countries where cannabis is already legal, and a number of issues UK nurses will need to be aware of when the change in law is brought in.

Jones, Berry, S. 2018.   Using cannabis to heal.  Nursing Standard, 33 (6) p 51 - 54.

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New Book: Disability rights handbook 2018/19: a guide to benefits and services for all disabled people, their families, carers and advisors

The book is a comprehensive guide to social security, tax credits, and also covers practical help and services, and other essential matters including care and support services, income tax, council tax, housing grants and equality legislation.  Useful for staff if wishing to provide up to date information on the financial help and benefits families could be entitled to.   Sections include mobility, help for carers, housing costs, grants, and children and young people section.

Available for loan or individual chapters can be requested.  More details in the library catalogue

New Book: Law and professional issues in nursing

Written in a clear and straight forward language the book offers a "crash course" to healthcare staff in law and legal obligations.  It covers decision making, professionalism, consent and children, record keeping, confidentiality, plus a range of other areas.  It's mapped to the NMS standards and essential skills cluster, and includes case studies and activities.

Griffiths, R. & Tengnah, C. 2017.  Law and professional issues in nursing.  4th Edition. Sage

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Article: The Mental Capacity Act: 'Best interests' - a review of the literature

This review of the literature looks at the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act between October 2007 and December 2016.   It discusses what is best practice, who can make a best practice decision, the advance decision to refuse treatment, and the role of the independent mental capacity advocate,

Marshall, H and Sprung, S 2017 The Mental Capacity Act: 'Best interests' - a review of the literature. British Journal of Community Nursing, 2017 August 22 (8) p 384 -389.

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[Guidance] Making decisions to limit treatment in life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in children: a framework for practice

This guidance has been revised to reflect changes in the scope and availability of advanced technologies.  Areas include the legal and ethical framework, the process of decision-making, practial aspects of end of life care, and practical aspects of decision making.  Care of families after the death of a child, supporting the healthcare team and key goals in the provision of bereavement support is also included.

Larcher, V., Craig, F., Bhogal, K., Wilkinson D. & Brierley, J. 2015. Making decisions to limit treatment in life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in children: a framwork for practice. Archives of Diseases in Childhood. 2015 100 (Supplement 2) S1 - S23.

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[Article] Advance care planning: practicalities, legalities, complexities and controversies

This article sets out to describe paediatric Advance Care Planning (pACP) and it's various elements, provide a discussion to support pACP, give pragmatic guidance, and discuss the difficult areas of prognostication and decision-making about appropriate levles of intervention that underpin pACP.

Horridge, K. Advance care planning: practicalities, legalities, complexities and controversies.  Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100 (4) p 380 - 385.

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[Article] Death certification: changes in England and Wales

The processes around death certification are about to change in England and Wales.  This article discusses the changes in the law and explains what hospices need to do.

Perkins, P., Griffin, K., Tarling, L., Sumathipala, S. & Bell, B. 2014. Death certification: changes in England and Wales.  European Journal of Palliative Care, 21 (1) p 24 - 26

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