Paediatric And Child Health Nurse

Nurses with specialised skills with knowledge in paediatrics and child health are expected to have specific roles and responsibilities. In this essay, the role and responsibilities of a Paediatric and a Child health nurse will be discussed. Also, what differences are between them will be identified in terms of the context of practice. Based on these discussion, how those nurses work for children’s safety will be discussed in the context of Australian child protection services.

A paediatric nurse and a child health nurse is described as the registered nurse who own proficient clinical skills and high-level knowledge in the paediatric and child health. Basically, those two nurses’ competencies have common ground in terms of the characteristics of care. As paediatric

Pp.13-15). According to Queensland Health(2014), child health nurses work through various settings such as home visiting, clinic, community setting, telephone and facilitated programs etc. Also, Queensland Health provide child health care from antenatal stage to twelve years of age. Therefore, child health nurses in Queensland have responsibility to monitor and detect the needs and risks for the children and their family so as to provide optimal care and the family’s needs. For this reason, child health nurses’ competencies in the Queensland are described as partnership in care, referral pathway, and strategies for optimal health care. Also, child health nurses’ role can be achieved successfully with multidisciplinary health care approach, competencies in NMBA’s (2006) standard are also vital of the universal service delivery (Queensland Health,