| The following websites may be of interest
to children's Nurses.
News flash
3rd IAPN international congress
25-30th August 2007
Athens
Health Service Executive
HSE Publications Library
International Pediatric Association
Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe (PNAE)
Professional Agencies
An
Bord Altranais: the Irish nursing board,
with responsibilities in relation to nurse registration,
education and training, fitness to practice and provision
of guidance to the nursing profession.
The Irish Nursing Organisation is Ireland's largest Professional Union for Nurses
and Midwives with 28,00 members.
The National Council for
the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery
Government and Irish Health sites
Department of Health
and Children
Department
of Health and Children: Publications
Irish Health Links
Programme
of Action for Children
A programme established by the Health Boards Executive
to manage child related projects. This is part of the
Health Boards Executives overall role to enable health
boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and non-statutory
provider agencies to work together on an agenda to develop
and modernise the health delivery system.
National Children's Office
The role of the National Children's Office is to lead
and oversee implementation of the National Children's
Strategy
BUPA
VHI
Research and Practice Development
The
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection
of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews, which provide high quality
information to people providing and receiving care and
those responsible for research, teaching, funding and
administration at all levels. All residents within the
Island of Ireland can access The Cochrane Library for
free, thanks to funding for a national provision by The
Health Research Board in Dublin and The Research and Development
Office in Belfast.
children's Information
and Education Resource (PIER) has been developed to
encourage communication and collaboration amongst healthcare
professionals involved in the care and well being of children.
PIER provides a venue through which high-quality information
can be shared with the aim of improving the health and
quality of life of children everywhere.
children's Related Journals
children's
Nursing.
If you work within the children's setting in any role
you will find this site invaluable
Archives of
Disease in Childhood Here is the full text website
for Archives of Disease in Childhood, the official journal
of the RCPCH and for its sister journal Fetal & Neonatal
Edition. For full access members will require their customer
number which can be located on the address label when
they receive their journal.
Pediatrics
This is the official journal of the American Academy of
Pediatrics.
Journal
of Neonatal Nursing
JNN is the official journal of the UK Neonatal Nurses
Association. You can browse through abstracts of published
articles and access the full text of one article in each
issue free of charge.
Infectious diseases
in Children.
News and access to journal articles following free registration
International child welfare
Child
Friendly Healthcare Initiative (CFHI)
This describes a new initiative undertaken by Child
Advocacy International in collaboration with UNICEF and
with the technical support of the Child and Adolescent
Health Department of WHO. The site includes PDF versions
of 2 relevant papers in Pediatrics.
The Convention
on the Rights of the Child:
The human rights of children and the standards to
which all governments must aspire in realizing these rights
for all children, are most concisely and fully articulated
in one international human rights treaty: the Convention
on the Rights of the Child.
Focus on
children
Established in October 1992 as across border initiative
to address child welfare issues throughout Ireland within
the context of the developing European Union
Health
For All Children:
Information on the fourth edition of Health For All Children
can be downloaded here.
World health Organisation.
Press relaeases, Health topics, publications
Professional and Voluntary Associations
Association of
British children's Nurses
An independent UK association ‘committed to
promoting the development of children's nursing through
information, education, research and practice’.
Royal College of
children'ss and Child Health
children's Intensive
Care in the UK
Cochrane Cystic
Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group
United
Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG)
British Association
for Community Child Health
RCN children’s nursing
forums:
For information from other children's and child health
groups at the RCN.
Children In
Hospital Ireland
This a nationwide voluntary organisation promoting
the welfare of sick children by drawing attention to their
special needs for emotional security.
Parent / Patient Information
Patient
Information Leaflets:
Over 500 information leaflets on health and disease.
Most GPs in the UK have these same leaflets on their computer
to print out for patients and carers during consultations.
These leaflets are currently only available as text, but
we are working towards audio versions
Great Ormond
Street Hospital: Information for Families: Fact-sheets
Access more than 300 factsheets covering a wide-range
of conditions, treatments and medications. All have been
written by health professionals and are regularly updated
ensure they are current
Care for Families:
Award winning site for charity that provides information
and support for families who care for children with any
disability or special need. Index of information about
rare disorders
The Coeliac Society of
Ireland
A self-help charity set up to promote the interests
of Coeliacs in Ireland
Cuidiú
- Irish Childbirth Trustinformation for parents which
allows them to make informed choices about childbirth,
breastfeeding and parenthood - from infancy right up to
adolescence
The Children's
Clinic, web site provides information for parents
struggling with the difficulties presented by conditions
such as: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Delays and Learning
Disorders.
Time Out:
HumourNursing & Healthcare Directories on: The
NursefriendlyJocularity.com Find Funny Jokes And Humor
By Category
National Policies affecting Children (1998-2004)
Department
of Health and Children(1999). Children First. National
Guidelines for the protection and welfare of children.
Dublin, The Stationary Office.
Department
of Health and Children(2000). National Children’s
Strategy. Our Children, Their lives. Dublin, The Stationary
Office.
Department
of Health and Children(2000) National Health Promotion
Strategy 2000-2005. Dublin, The Stationary Office.
Department
of Health and Children(2000). Health of our children.
Annual report of chief Medical Office. Dublin, The Stationary
Office.
Department
of Health and Children(2001). Quality and Fairness.
A health system for you. 2001 Health Strategy. Dublin,
The Stationary Office.
Department
of Health and Children (2001) Youth as a resource:
Promoting health of young people at risk. National consultation
committee on health promotion, Dublin, The Stationary
Office.
Department
of Health and Children(2004). Ready Steady Play. A
National Play Policy. Dublin, The Stationary Office.
Immunisation
Guidelines for Ireland (2002) Immunisation Advisory
Committee, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Department
of Health and Children (2002) Traveller health a national
strategy 2002-2005 Dublin, The Stationary Office.
La Leche League
www.lalecheleague.org
www.lalecheleague.com
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