The Nurse Researcher Podcast

8: Prof Lucy Bray: I don't think I would change anything because then I might not be here!

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ISupport Rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions.

These rights-based standards provide principles for good procedural practice with children aged 0-18 years of age. The website contains information about the rigorous development of the standards and links to download and use the standards. https://www.isupportchildrensrights.com/

The paper describing the development process of the standards is

Bray, L., Carter, B., Kiernan, J., Horowicz, E., Dixon, K., Ridley, J., Robinson, C., Simmons, A., Craske, J., Sinha, S. and Morton, L., 2023. Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus. European journal of pediatrics, pp.1-15. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-023-05131-9

Children Coming to Hospital

The resource ‘Children Coming to Hospital’ was developed with children and young people aged seven to fourteen years of age. The resource is made up of an animation and comic strip for children and young people, an animation for health professionals and a leaflet for parent/carers. The resource aims to make hospital visits better for children. The resource is free to download and use. https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/childrencomingtohospital/#:~:text=We%20developed%20the%20resource%20'Children,a%20leaflet%20for%20parent%2Fcarers.

Bray, L., Horowicz, E., Preston, K. and Carter, B., 2023. Using participatory drama workshops to explore children’s beliefs, understandings and experiences of coming to hospital for clinical procedures. Journal of Child Health Care, 27(2), pp.289-299.

Children’s Information Needs

Bray, L., Appleton, V. and Sharpe, A., 2019. The information needs of children having clinical procedures in hospital: Will it hurt? Will I feel scared? What can I do to stay calm?. Child: care, health and development, 45(5), pp.737-743. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cch.12692

Bray, L., Appleton, V. and Sharpe, A., 2019. ‘If I knew what was going to happen, it wouldn’t worry me so much’: Children’s, parents’ and health professionals’ perspectives on information for children undergoing a procedure. Journal of Child Health Care, 23(4), pp.626-638. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367493519870654?casa_token=57KFVOnwNeIAAAAA%3AeROF7Uu6Xla7DKmjK0h-IQUfwzM8UMmmS6b2_nW1nq6HZThzLHmFGU4AKMUX2-803bGGxRoUE1WCNQ

The Holding and Restraint of Children for Clinical Procedures

Bray, L., Snodin, J. and Carter, B., 2015. Holding and restraining children for clinical procedures within an acute care setting: an ethical consideration of the evidence. Nursing inquiry, 22(2), pp.157-167.

Bray, L., Carter, B., Ford, K., Dickinson, A., Water, T. and Blake, L., 2018. Holding children for procedures: an international survey of health professionals. Journal of Child Health Care, 22(2), pp.205-215.

Bray, L., Carter, B. and Snodin, J., 2016. Holding children for clinical procedures: perseverance in spite of or persevering to be child‐centered. Research in Nursing & Health, 39(1), pp.30-41.

Bray, L., Ford, K., Dickinson, A., Water, T., Snodin, J. and Carter, B., 2019. A qualitative study of health professionals’ views on the holding of children for clinical procedures: Constructing a balanced approach. Journal of Child Health Care, 23(1), pp.160-171.

Nielson, S., Bray, L., Carter, B. and Kiernan, J., 2021. Physical restraint of children and adolescents in mental health inpatient services: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Child Health Care, 25(3), pp.342-367.