title: A nurse's role in promoting social capital in children and young people.
abstract: Enabling children's wellbeing by supporting their social networks is an important role of children's nurses. This article presents the concept of social capital as a cognitive tool to help nurses reflect on why and how supporting these networks is important. Through three case studies the authors introduce the attributes of social capital and how these may be applied and inform practice in hospital and community healthcare settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University. shean@bournemouth.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hean
authors.forename: Jaqui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hewitt-Taylor
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Teijlingen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom