clinical but communication-related skills, finds Gabriella Jozwiak.
Francis Edwards is a paediatric nurse who specialises in palliative care. He splits his working week between two roles, as liaison nurse at Bristol Children's Hospital for two days and lead practitioner for hospice palliative care at Ty Hafan children's hospice in Wales for three days.
Mr Edwards says, 'I came into paediatric nursing from adult nursing because of its holistic nature. During my training I spent nine weeks in a children's hospital and loved the approach to family-centred care. I'd been working in adult palliative care and was able to do a shortened course of paediatric training, because I was already qualified. I went into paediatric oncology (cancer care), which led me to children's palliative care.
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