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Principles and Practice
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Third Edition
By
Susan James, PhD, MSN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Coordinator, Nursing of Infants and Children, Curry College, Milton, MA
Jean Ashwill, MSN, RN, Director of Continuing Nursing Education, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, Arlington, TX
Description
Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice provides numerous student-friendly features to help you navigate through difficult concepts
to gain understanding with ease. The text emphasizes a community focus while teaching growth & development and major body system alterations
information needed by pediatric nurses.
Contents
Unit I Introduction to Child Health Nursing
1. Foundations of Child Health Nursing
Unit II Growth
and Development: The Child and the Family
2. Family-Centered Nursing Care
3. Communicating with Children and Families
4.
Health Promotion for the Developing Child
5. Health Promotion for the Infant
6. Health Promotion During Early Childhood
7.
Health Promotion for the School-Age Child
8. Health Promotion for the Adolescent
Unit III Special Considerations
in Caring for Children
9. Physical Assessment of Children
10. Emergency Care of the Child
11. The Ill Child
in the Hospital and Other Care Settings
12. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal Illness
13. Principles and Procedures
for Nursing Care of Children
14. Medicating Infants and Children
15. Pain Management for Children
Unit IV
Caring for Children with Health Problems
16. The Child with an Infectious Disease
17. The Child with an Immunologic
Alteration
18. The Child with a Fluid and Electrolyte Alteration
19. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Alteration
20.
The Child with a Genitourinary Alteration
21. The Child with a Respiratory Alteration
22. The Child with a Cardiovascular
Alteration
23. The Child with a Hematologic Alteration
24. The Child with Cancer
25. The Child with an Integumentary
Alteration
26. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Alteration
27. The Child with an Endocrine or Metabolic Alteration
28.
The Child with a Neurologic Alteration
29. The Child with a Psychosocial Disorder
30. The Child with a Cognitive Impairment
31.
The Child with a Sensory Alteration
Appendixes
A. Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care
B.
Growth Charts
C. Normal Blood Pressure Readings for Children
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 1104 pages, publication date: FEB-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3084-3
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3084-0
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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