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WONG'S CLINICAL MANUAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING
Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing
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Seventh Edition

By
David Wilson, MS, RNC, Faculty, Langston University School of Nursing; Staff, Pediatric Emergency Center, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK, USA
Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN-CS, PNP, FAAN, Director, Center for Research and Evidence-Based Practice; Nurse Scientist, Texas Children's Hospital; Director of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Children's Cancer Center; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Description
Even after 25 years, Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition is still your go-to clinical guide to caring for children and their families in the hospital, community, and home. With care plans, assessment tools, skills and procedures, patient teaching, and reference data in a concise, reader-friendly format, Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition is five books in one! Plus, now with an accompanying Evolve website with modifiable nursing care plans, medication tables, emergency treatment information, illustrated dermatologic problems, and Spanish translations for many of the patient teaching handouts included in the book, there's even more information right at your fingertips.

Contents


Unit 1: Assessment


Health History

Cultural Assessment

Physical Assessment

Nursing Assessment of Specific Health Problems

Family Assessment

Assessment of Temperament

Nutritional Assessment

Sleep Assessment

Growth Measurements

Assessment of Development

Assessment of Language and Speech

Assessment of Vision

Assessment of Hearing

Summary of Growth and Development



Unit 2: Health Promotion


Recommendations for Child Preventative Care

Nutrition

Immunizations

Safety and Injury Prevention

Parental Guidance

Play



Unit 3: Evidence-Based Pediatric Nursing Interventions


Nursing Care of the Child and Family During Hospitalization

Guidelines for Preparing Children for Procedures

Play During Hospitalization

Informed Consent to Treat Child

Skin Hygiene and Care

Procedures Related to Maintaining Safety

Positioning for Procedures

Collection of Specimens

Procedures Related to Administration of Medications

Pain Assessment and Interventions

Pain Interventions for Procedures

End-of-Life Care Interventions

Procedures Related to Maintaining Fluid Balance or Nutrition

Procedures Related to Maintaining Cardiorespiratory Function

Procedures Related to Maintaining Neurologic Function



Unit 4: Nursing Care Plans


The Process of Nursing Infants and Children

Nursing Care of Common Problems of Ill and Hospitalized Children

Nursing Care of the Newborn

Nursing Care of the Child with Respiratory Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Hematologic/Immunologic Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Renal Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Neurologic Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Metabolic Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Cancer

Nursing Care of the Child with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Sensory or Cognitive Impairment

Nursing Care of the Child with a Communicable and/or Skin Disease

Nursing Care of the Child with Psychophysiologic Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Child with Poisoning

Nursing Care of the Child and Family



Unit 5: Patient and Family Education: Care in the Home and Community


Preparing the Family for Home Care

How to Use Patient and Family Education

Instructions Related to Hygiene and Care

Instructions Related to Administration of Medications

Instructions Related to Alternative Feeding Techniques and Elimination

Instructions Related to Maintaining Respiratory Function



Unit 6: Reference Data


Abbreviations Used in Laboratory Tests

Prefixes Denoting Decimal Factors

Common Laboratory Tests

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Bibliographic details
Spiral Bound, 640 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04713-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-04713-0
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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