Care of Sick Children: A Basic Guide

Book Description

As the first volume in Ausmed’s new ‘Basic Guide’ series, Care of Sick Children: A Basic Guide provides expert, practical, child-centred advice for parents and carers who care for children. The book assumes that readers have no formal medical or nursing knowledge and technical jargon has been deliberately kept to a minimum. All readers, no matter what their professional background, can pick up this book with confidence, knowing that they will be able to follow what is being said. Care of Sick Children: A Basic Guide is for all those parents and carers who have felt the anxiety of not knowing what they should do when a previously well child in their care is suddenly injured, or unexpectedly becomes ill.

Key Features

• Available either as a stand-alone book or an audiobook and textbook package.
• The book assumes that readers have no formal medical or nursing knowledge, and technical jargon has been deliberately kept to a minimum.
• Provides essential information on the fundamental care of most of the common and important challenges that might confront parents and carers in looking after children.

About the Author

Gerry Silk

Gerry Silk is a registered paediatric nurse who holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in education. Gerry trained at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, and now has more than 30 years of experience in the care of sick children in various settings, including major city hospitals and outback Australia. Gerry spent 15 years working in the Emergency Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne, Australia), including ten years as the clinical nurse educator. She now works part-time as a paediatric nurse educator at the Angliss Hospital (Melbourne, Victoria). Gerry also runs her own business in paediatric health education and consultancy. In this capacity she presents seminars and educational sessions for parent groups, nurses, and other health professionals.