Stories of Children′s Pain

‘This excellent, evidence-based book will help practitioners personalise children’s pain in age-appropriate and family-centred ways. Every nurse that has contact with neonates and children should read it and take note.’ 

-- Professor Jane Noyes, Chair in Health Services Research and Child Health, Bangor University and Visiting Professor of Child Health, University College Dublin
Carter and Simons frame their thorough discussions of the evidence-based literature on pain within extended first-person stories of the children themselves, their families, and the nurses struggling to provide good care. Real people with fears, frustrations, and losses are never subsumed into that abstract entity called "patients". Carter and Simons make a clear case for how much pain matters in treating illness, and why personal caring makes all the difference in treating pain.


  -- Arthur W. Frank, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, author of The Wounded Storyteller and Letting Stories Breathe
excellent will be used for Post Graduate and undergraduate work
complex care module undergraduate and acute care Post graduate
-- Miss Lorraine Ireland * drupal *
A lovely book which I shall add into both the health psychology module re pain and it′s management and additonally the clinical modules. Thank you -- Miss Taryn Gordon * drupal *
This text gives a valid insight into the subject of a Childs experiences of pain and how as Practitioners listening to Children and Young people is imperative for pain recognition and control. Its combination of academic and narrative text makes it an easier read that I feel will not discourage readers from turning the page. -- Mr David Rootes * drupal *
Will add this to the reading list for students from the child branch but also for adult branch students to raise awareness and sensitivity -- Mrs Beryl Cooledge * drupal *
This is a valuable book for children′s nurses and has been needed for a long time. At last we are taking more notice of the children in our care instead of relying on their families to tell us how their child feeels. -- Mrs Izzy Bowles * drupal *
This is an ideal book to support student learning -- Mrs Karen Hayward * drupal *
True to its title, this book demonstrates evidence based practice in relation to the management of pain experienced by children. Each chapter starts with an example from practice (community and hospital) which all children’s nurses will be able to identify with. The discussion which follows covers the topic in a comprehensive manner highlighting current evidence including guidelines for practice. The topic of pain is dealt with in the wider sense with many associated topics included. Suggestions for further reading are also given. The book is easy to comprehend using diagrams and key point sections to highlight fundamental aspects of the topic.
Overall, this book would be a valuable asset to any nurse involved in the care of children, whether they work in the community or hospital.
-- Mrs Maggie Davenport * drupal *
Well written text -- Ms Gillian Prudhoe * drupal *
The accessibility of this book makes it ideal for students new to the principles that guide the care of a sick child. Moreover, it provides insider perspectives that I know students will find inspiring, and heart wrenching and that will thereby enhance their practice as future carers of children with medical needs in mainstream settings. -- Pamela Dewis * drup