The Children’s Community Nursing service provides nursing care to children aged 0 to 18 years who have an identified nursing need. They offer community visits to children, young people and their families across Shropshire. The service co-ordinates and manages packages of care for children and young people with complex health/nursing needs to maximise their opportunities and reach their full potential by providing:Direct nursing care and treatmentMonitoring and review of care and treatment plansSymptom management for life-limiting/life threatening conditions through to end-of-life care and supportTraining, advice and support to the family and/or carers to enable them to continue providing on-going careA resource for other professionals working with your child for information and advice on specialist/complex nursing careThe provide care to four specific groups:Complex health needsLong-term conditionsPalliative careShort term and acute careThe service provides skilled nursing care, advice and support for children and young people with complex health/nursing care needs which include:Technology dependent e.g. Home Ventilation/oxygen dependant/enteral & parenteralIntravenous drug regimes / central line careStoma CareTracheostomyAnaphylaxis advice and supportComplex wound care / tissue viabilityChronic constipation (nurse led Telford only)Symptom control/monitoring for palliative careEnd of life care (24 hour on-call service)Service/Activity is FreeAvailability informationMonday to Friday 9am to 5pm We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
