St. Christopher's Hospital for Children’s Post

The SNEC-SERI faculty is proud to present the latest issue of Eye-Sight. Here we focus on our youngest patients: babies who need extra care for their eye health. Newborn babies born prematurely may need careful monitoring for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease that can have grave consequences for a child’s vision. Other highlights include: · The long-term safety of Atropine eyedrops in myopia control where there is no increased incidence of complications such as cataracts in adulthood 10-20 years later. · How our post-graduate nurses are upskilling themselves to lead thermal treatment for dry eye disease. · Our very first nurse clinician, Nazurah Loh. In an interview, she describes her path to success in nursing. Download a copy of our #EyeSight from our website: https://lnkd.in/gBGcbkiq Happy reading! #SNECSERI #EyeCare #Atropine #ROP #EyeSight

🎥👩⚕️ Uncover the truths of paediatric complex care nursing with our "Top 10 FAQs" From daily rewards to professional challenges, we answer your burning questions! 📝 Dive deeper into the discussion on our blog, and send us any questions you might have. 🔗 [https://lnkd.in/egP3shwf #PediatricNursingFAQs #HealthcareHeroes #NursingInsights

Meet Emily Foster, complex care clinical nurse specialist in the compass (complex paediatric service) team. 👋 Q: What is your role? A: The compass team works with children and young people with complex medical needs who are in hospital for long periods of time. When we asked families what would improve their care, they asked for better continuity, care coordination, and communication. This is what I aim to provide by supporting and advocating for them during these long stays, and addressing psychological, social and medical concerns. Q: Tell us about a typical day A: My role is incredibly varied and depends on the needs of each individual patient and their family. It can range from helping set up a bank account to helping manage an acutely deteriorating child needing intensive care. It often involves spending time with families, ward rounds, attending multidisciplinary meetings and teaching peers or parents. Q: What’s the best thing about your job? A: The amazing families that I work with. Their incredible resilience and strength during exceptionally challenging times is inspirational. I’m passionate about helping raise awareness of children with complex medical needs, driving change and rethinking how we work with families to improve care. #TeamGSTT #EvelinaLondon #ClinicalNurseSpecialist #NHScareers #ComplexCare

Meet Emily Foster, complex care clinical nurse specialist in the compass (complex paediatric service) team. 👋 Q: What is your role? A: The compass team works with children and young people with complex medical needs who are in hospital for long periods of time. When we asked families what would improve their care, they asked for better continuity, care coordination, and communication. This is what I aim to provide by supporting and advocating for them during these long stays, and addressing psychological, social and medical concerns. Q: Tell us about a typical day A: My role is incredibly varied and depends on the needs of each individual patient and their family. It can range from helping set up a bank account to helping manage an acutely deteriorating child needing intensive care. It often involves spending time with families, ward rounds, attending multidisciplinary meetings and teaching peers or parents. Q: What’s the best thing about your job? A: The amazing families that I work with. Their incredible resilience and strength during exceptionally challenging times is inspirational. I’m passionate about helping raise awareness of children with complex medical needs, driving change and rethinking how we work with families to improve care. #TeamGSTT #EvelinaLondon #ClinicalNurseSpecialist #NHScareers #ComplexCare

Improving but still one third of nurses planning to leave their current positions! This not only is a huge financial burden for hospitals, patient safety suffers when the nurse turnover is high. As this article states, staffing issues have been going on long before the pandemic. Thoughts on a national roundtable discussion to brainstorm innovative strategies? Other ideas? #patientsafety #nursestaffing #hospitalfinance

In this video, I review tonsillitis, a common condition in pediatric patients. Tonsillitis is an acute inflammation of the tonsils, and over time it can become a chronic condition. Check out this video to learn more and don’t forget to subscribe! If you know any nurses or future nurses, send them to my channel for more tips, tricks, and other special insights. https://lnkd.in/etfpx_ew

🏥 Strategies to Leverage APPs in Emergency Medicine (on-demand) Join our previously recorded panel discussion brought to you in partnership with American Academy Of Emergency Nurse Practitioner. We discussed strategies and best practices to achieve your emergency medicine goals by leveraging APPs more efficiently. WATCH NOW>> https://hubs.la/Q02qr8fZ0 #ThriveAP #EmergencyMedicine #AAENP #webinar

Free continuing education- read this article on “Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care”. A great way to round out your education in 2023! #nicunurse #nicu #continuingeducation

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NANN's 4th Edition of Neonatal Transports: Guidelines for Nursing Practice is here. It’s been updated with new content on transport history, accreditation, and digital documentation. Enhance safety and consistency in neonatal transport with this comprehensive resource. Get your copy today: https://shorturl.at/fWM9D #neonatalcare #neonatalnursing #transport #guidelines #nursingpractice