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Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital

...Nurse specialist from the Child Death Review Team and Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant). As they walked from the ‘front door’ throughout hospital spaces, they noted key environmental features and processes of care, considering how they might be experienced by the family of a dying child. They considered both what was working well and what could be improved. For...
What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

...nurse and nursing academic, and colleagues...The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as, ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external genitalia, or injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons’ (WHO, 2025) Indigenous societies have various traditional names for FGM including but not...
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...nurse, therapist and manager working in hospice and palliative care for 40 years. I write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, and grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles, I will be focusing on my thoughts about western practices,...
Working with children and families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working with children and families

...nurse visits a school to give pupils a fun and informative lesson on dental hygiene and the importance of a balanced diet. Play groups and facilities Interviews that examine a small rural playgroup, the rigorous rules necessary to begin looking after children and what the work is like. Initiatives in Belfast Two child-oriented services, the Early Years project and a local...
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...Nurses (available in some parts of the UK), check out the website of Dementia UK: https://www.dementiauk.org/ Alternatively, you can ring their ‘Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline’: 0800 888 6678. For advice or support if you are caring for someone with dementia, check out the website of Carers UK: https://www.carersuk.org/ Alternatively, you can ring their carers...
The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University

...nursing and her research expertise spans children’s pain, child health, childhood obesity and parenting Co-Director Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Lecturer in Developmental Psychology and Childhood School of Education, Childhood Youth and Sport Mimi works at the intersection of psychology and Childhood Studies and has research expertise in children and food, food marketing,...
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...nurses with the NHS (National Health Service). After you have looked at the graph, try to answer the questions below. Source: The Guardian 9 January 1999 What impression do you think the author is trying to give? There appears to be a crossover point, when did it take place? How many UK nurses were registered with the NHS at this time? How many EU/non-EU nurses were...
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...nurse looking after a family, might be an indication of their inner thoughts relating to COVID-19. When children are left to their own devises, they attach meaning to their play that has an immediate significance for them. Therefore, it is important to listen, and only ask appropriate open-ended questions when it feels right to support children to express themselves....