Gosia M. Brykczynska - Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ethical and philosophical aspects of nursing children and young people / edited by Gosia M. Brykczyska and Joan Simons.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-9414-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Pediatric nursingMoral and ethical aspects. 2. Pediatric nursingPhilosophy. I. Brykczyska, Gosia M., 1947II. Simons, Joan (Joan M.)

[DNLM: 1. Pediatric Nursingethics. 2. Adolescent. 3. Child. 4. Ethics, Nursing. 5. Philosophy, Nursing. WY 85]

RJ245.E77 2011

618.9200231dc22

2010031134

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Notes on Contributors

Dr Gosia M. Brykczyska PhD, BA, BSc, Post-graduate Diploma in Public Health, PGDE; RN/RSCN, RNT Gosia M. Brykczyska is a humanities graduate, obtaining a degree in nursing from Columbia University in New York City and childrens nursing qualifications from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children (GOS). She is a specialist in paediatric oncology nursing. Her clinical work has been both in the USA and the UK. Since 1985, she has been involved in the education of nurses in the UK at the pre- and post-registration levels. She was the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) paediatric nurse representative on the RCPCH Ethics Advisory Committee 19892000. More recently, she has worked as an international officer at the RCN and as RCN refugee nurses project coordinator. She is the editor and author of several books on nursing, including Ethics in Paediatric Nursing published in 1989. Currently, she works part-time as senior lecturer in child health at Thames Valley University.

Dr Bernie Carter, PhD, PGCE, BSc, RSCN, SRN Bernie Carter is a childrens nurse who is passionate about research. She sees research as an important means of enhancing the care and life experiences of children and their families. Her research is participative, narrative, appreciative, collaborative and arts-based in its approach. She is particularly interested in childrens pain and the illness experiences of marginalised children or those with uncertain diagnoses. Her research also encompasses work focusing on community childrens nursing. Bernie believes that the ethical researcher requires an ongoing commitment to being critically aware of the micro- and macro-ethical issues that can create challenges throughout a research study.

Currently, Bernie Carter is a professor of childrens nursing at the University of Central Lancashire and director of the Childrens Nursing Research Unit at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. She is also the editor of the Journal of Child Health.

Gill Coverdale, MPH, BSc (Hons), Cert. Ed, RNT, RSCPHN, RGN Gill Coverdale has more than 20 years experience in health promotion, public health and health-related research both in the UK and internationally. Her nursing practice has included delivering adult and midwifery services in hospital, community, GP practice and primary care, before moving into children and young peoples services as a school nurse, including work as a specialist community public health nurse. She has advised the government on the development of health services for children and young people ensuring a health-promoting approach for all and has worked with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the development of nurse education programmes. Since 2001, she has also been working as a senior lecturer. She is currently working as a lecturer in public health and primary care whilst enrolled as a PhD student at the Institute of Family, Maternal and Community Health, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds.

Dr Imelda Coyne, PhD, BSc (Hons) with Education, Dip N, RSCN, RGN, RNT, FEANS Imelda Coyne is a research associate at the Childrens Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin; a postdoctoral fellow of Lund University, Sweden; and a fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science. She has over 20 years experience in childrens nursing, firstly as a practising nurse and then as a lecturer. Her programme of research includes childrens participation in consultation and decision-making, family-centred care, young peoples experiences of mental health service provision, parenting practices, transition process, nurses contribution to care, ethics of researching children and advanced practice. Professor Imelda Coyne is currently working as head of childrens discipline/director of childrens research at Trinity College, Dublin.

Monica Davis, BSc (Hons), MA (education), PGDE, RHV, RGN, NP Monica Davis is a lecturer-practitioner. She has had a long-standing interest in child protection and domestic violence and was a former chair of Womens Aid in Harrow which is now part of Hestia Housing and Support. Hestia is a registered charity which delivers a range of housing, care and support services across London, including for cases of domestic violence. She is a co-opted trustee on Hestias board. Currently, she is working as a health visitor for Ealing and Harrow PCT. She is also a lecturer with Thames Valley University, where she is a member of the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, School of Community Health.

Yvonne Dexter, RGN/RSCN, RCNT, RNT, BSC (Hons) Open University Yvonne Dexter gained her paediatric nursing and nurse education experiences at GOS, London, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and Wycombe General Hospital. She has a particular interest in adolescent health, loss, bereavement and grief in children, and safeguarding children and child protection. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Child Health Nursing Department at Thames Valley University in Slough.