Community Children's Nursing

This Pathway helps children and young people in Devon (excluding Plymouth) with a wide range of complex health conditions that require expert and specific nursing advice and support.

Difficulties may include: 

• complex breathing/airway difficulties including long term ventilation
• neurodegenerative disability 
• enteral feeding 
• complex continence problems requiring clinical interventions
• oxygen dependence
• complex wound care
• palliative care and symptom management at end of life
• complex phlebotomy and administration of injectable medication
• long term complex conditions such as cardiac, renal or liver disease, including a child or young person dependent on technology to meet their health needs
• caregivers requiring clinical training to meet an individual child or young person’s needs

CFHD specialists you might receive care from in this Pathway

• Community Children’s Nurses, including those based in a number of special schools and those with skills and knowledge in palliative care 
• Clinical Support Workers

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