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Acute management of an oesophageal variceal bleed
Acute Spinal Cord Injury Management (see >> Spinal cord injury (acute management))
Adenoidectomy (see >> Tonsillectomy +/- adenoidectomy post-operative nursing management)
Adrenaline and fluid bolus administration in resuscitation
advanced secretion clearance (see >> Nurses role in advanced secretion clearance)
Anaesthetic (see >> Routine post anaesthetic observation)
Apnoea (neonatal)
Apnoea Monitoring Post Operatively in Infants
Assessment (see >> Nursing assessment)
Assisted thermoregulation
Assisting with elective intubation of the neonate on the Butterfly Ward
Asthma inpatient discharge education
B
BiPAP (see >> Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation (NIV))
Bowel (see >> Post-operative bowel management)
Bowel washout rectal
Breastfeeding support and promotion
Bronchiolitis ward management
Bucks Traction (see >> Skin traction)
Burns (see >> Nursing management of burn injuries)
C
Cardiac catheterisation (see >> Care of the patient post cardiac catheterisation)
Cardiac telemetry
Cardiomyopathy (see >> Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy)
Cardiothoracic surgery (see >> Pleural and mediastinal drain management after cardiothoracic surgery)
Care of the patient post cardiac catheterisation
Catheter (urinary indwelling) - insertion and ongoing care (see >> Indwelling urinary catheter - insertion and ongoing care)
Catheterisation (see >> Teaching and supporting Clean Intermittent Catheterisation for parents and children)
Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
Chest drain management
Chylothorax management
CINV (see >> Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting)
compartment syndrom (see >> Neurovascular observations)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) - Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (Butterfly Ward)
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
Cooling in after death care
CPAP (see >> Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) - Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (Butterfly Ward))
Creating Mementoes and Memories at the RCH
D
death and bereavement (see >> Creating Mementoes and Memories at the RCH)
Death of a Child
Decannulation - Tracheostomy (see >> Tracheostomy management)
DKA (see >> Transitioning from IV Insulin to Subcutaneous Insulin for DKA Patients)
Documentation (see >> Nursing Documentation Principles)
Drain management (see >> Pleural and mediastinal drain management after cardiothoracic surgery)
E
Eczema management
Elective extubation (see >> Extubation (elective) of the neonate on butterfly ward)
Elective intubation (see >> Assisting with elective intubation of the neonate on the Butterfly Ward)
Endotracheal tube suction of ventilated neonates
Enteral feeding and medication administration
Environmental humidity for premature neonates
Epidural Analgesia Nursing Management
External ventricular drains and intracranial pressure monitoring
Extravasation Injury Management
Extubation (elective) of the neonate on butterfly ward
Eye Examination on the Newborn (see >> Neonatal eye examination on the Newborn Intensive Care Unit Butterfly Ward)
F
Faecal stoma care
Falls prevention
Feeding and medication administration (see >> Enteral feeding and medication administration)
Femoral Skin Traction (see >> Skin traction)
Filters for venous access lines in select group of cardiac patients
Fluid bolus (see >> Adrenaline and fluid bolus administration in resuscitation)
fractured femur (see >> Skin traction)
G
Gastrostomy
H
Handover (see >> Nursing clinical handover)
HDU (see >> High dependency and special nursing care)
High dependency and special nursing care
High flow nasal prong (HFNP) therapy
High risk anaesthesia (see >> Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy)
Hip spica nursing care
Holter monitor management
Hypoglycaemia - Neonatal (see >> Neonatal hypoglycaemia)
Hypothermia (see >> Therapeutic hypothermia in the neonate)
I
IM (see >> Intramuscular Injections)
Immunisation and Anaesthesia
Immunisation of inpatients
Immunoglobulin (see >> Palivizumab for at-risk patients)
Indwelling urinary catheter - insertion and ongoing care
Infusion Management (see >> Peripheral intravenous (IV) device management)
Intermittent oesophageal pouch suction (see >> Oesophageal Atresia Intermittent oesophageal pouch suction for the neonate and infant)
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring (see >> External ventricular drains and intracranial pressure monitoring)
Intramuscular Injections
Intrathecal baclofen therapy
Intravenous access (see >> Peripheral intravenous (IV) device management)
Intubation (Elective) (see >> Assisting with elective intubation of the neonate on the Butterfly Ward)
J
jaundice (see >> Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice)
Jejunal Feeding Guideline
K
Kangaroo care (see >> Skin to skin care for the newborn)
Ketogenic diet acute illness management
L
Latex - management of a patient at risk of or with a known latex allergy
Log Roll
Long-gap (see >> Oesophageal Atresia Intermittent oesophageal pouch suction for the neonate and infant)
M
Management of the paediatric patient receiving opioids
Medication administration (see >> Enteral feeding and medication administration)
memory making (see >> Creating Mementoes and Memories at the RCH)
Meningitis (see >> Nursing Management of Meningitis)
Milrinone Infusion on Koala Ward
Mitrofanoff stoma
Mouth care – oral care of the paediatric oncology patient and haematopoieitic stem cell transplant patient
mPAT (see >> Neonatal Pain Assessment)
N
Nasogastric and Orogastric Tube Insertion and Management
Nasopharyngeal Airway Insertion and Management
Nasopharyngeal tube NPT modified for pierre robin sequence PRS
Nausea and Vomiting (see >> Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting)
Negative Pressure Ventilation (see >> Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation (NIV))
Neonatal & infant skin care
Neonatal (premature) target oxygen saturation levels (see >> Oxygen saturation SpO2 level targeting in neonates)
Neonatal Apnoea (see >> Apnoea (neonatal))
Neonatal Environmental Humidity (see >> Environmental humidity for premature neonates)
Neonatal eye examination on the Newborn Intensive Care Unit Butterfly Ward
Neonatal hypoglycaemia
Neonatal Intravenous Fluid Management
Neonatal intubation (Elective) (see >> Assisting with elective intubation of the neonate on the Butterfly Ward)
Neonatal Pain Assessment
Neonatal Pain Management in the NICU
Neonatal sleep maximisation in the hospital environment
Neonatal Ward Management (see >> Ward management of a neonate)
Neurovascular observations
Newborn bloodspot screening
NGT feeding (see >> Enteral feeding and medication administration)
NJT feeding (see >> Enteral feeding and medication administration)
Non-Invasive ventilation (see >> Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation (NIV))
NPA (see >> Nasopharyngeal Airway Insertion and Management)
NPT (see >> Nasopharyngeal tube NPT modified for pierre robin sequence PRS)
Nurses role in advanced secretion clearance
Nursing assessment
Nursing clinical handover
Nursing Documentation Principles
Nursing guideline disclaimer
Nursing management of burn injuries
Nursing Management of Meningitis
Nutrition screening
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Observation (see >> Routine post anaesthetic observation)
Observation and continuous monitoring
Oesophageal Atresia Intermittent oesophageal pouch suction for the neonate and infant
Oesophageal Variceal Bleed (see >> Acute management of an oesophageal variceal bleed)
Opioids (see >> Management of the paediatric patient receiving opioids)
Oxygen delivery
Oxygen saturation SpO2 level targeting in neonates
P
Pain Assessment (Neonatal) (see >> Neonatal Pain Assessment)
Pain assessment and measurement
PainBuster® (see >> Wound catheter management)
Palivizumab for at-risk patients
PEG feeding (see >> Enteral feeding and medication administration)
Perianal care for the paediatric oncology patient
Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy
Peripheral intravenous (IV) device management
Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
Pin site care for the child with an external fixator
Pleural and mediastinal drain management after cardiothoracic surgery
Post-operative (see >> Routine post anaesthetic observation)
Post-operative bowel management
Premature Environmental Humidity for Neonates (see >> Environmental humidity for premature neonates)
Premature Neonate (see >> Environmental humidity for premature neonates)
Premature Neonate (see >> Oxygen saturation SpO2 level targeting in neonates)
Premedication for anaesthesia
Pressure injury prevention and management
Procedural pain management (see >> Sucrose (oral) for procedural pain management in infants)
Procedure Management Guideline
PRS (see >> Nasopharyngeal tube NPT modified for pierre robin sequence PRS)
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (see >> Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy)
R
Rectal washout (see >> Bowel washout rectal)
Replogle tube management
Resuscitation (see >> Adrenaline and fluid bolus administration in resuscitation)
Rickhams (see >> Ventricular reservoir management in Neonates)
Routine post anaesthetic observation
RSV (see >> Palivizumab for at-risk patients)
S
Safe sleeping
Sedation (see >> Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy)
Sham feeding for infants with unrepaired long-gap oesophageal atresia
Skin care for the infant (see >> Neonatal & infant skin care)
Skin to skin care for the newborn
Skin traction
Speaking Valves - Tracheostomy (see >> Tracheostomy management)
Special Nursing Care (see >> High dependency and special nursing care)
Spinal cord injury (acute management)
stoma (see >> Mitrofanoff stoma)
Subcutaneous injections and device management
Sucrose (oral) for procedural pain management in infants
Suctioning - Tracheostomy (see >> Tracheostomy management)
Surfactant Administration in the NICU
Surfactant Replacement Therapy (see >> Surfactant Administration in the NICU)
Surgical Drains (see >> Surgical drains (non cardiac))
Surgical drains (non cardiac)
T
Teaching and supporting Clean Intermittent Catheterisation for parents and children
Techniice (see >> Cooling in after death care)
Telemetry (see >> Cardiac telemetry)
Temperature management
Therapeutic engagement and observations in Banksia
Therapeutic hypothermia in the neonate
Thermoregulation (see >> Temperature management)
Thermoregulation for neonates (see >> Assisted thermoregulation)
Tissue Donation
Tonsillectomy +/- adenoidectomy post-operative nursing management
Tracheostomy management
Traction (see >> Skin traction)
Transitioning from IV Insulin to Subcutaneous Insulin for DKA Patients
U
Urinary catheter (Indwelling) - insertion and ongoing care (see >> Indwelling urinary catheter - insertion and ongoing care)
V
Ventricular reservoir management in Neonates
W
Ward management of a neonate
Wound assessment and management
Wound catheter management
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