This new addition to the "Fast Facts "series delivers the core information for orienting novice nurses or nursing students to the challenging field of pediatric nursing. Pocket-sized and formatted for quick access to the knowledge a pediatric nurse needs daily, it is packed with concise information on both disease processes and well child care, and offers the clinical advice that comes from years of experience. A particularly helpful feature is the book's cross-referenced index of frequently used terminology that helps users rapidly access crucial information. Importantly, the guide offers valuable suggestions for how to best communicate and work with children using age-appropriate techniques.

Seasoned pediatric nurses describe how to assist compassionately and efficiently with painful procedures that can be emotionally taxing for all involved. They share proven and time-tested tips for easing trauma for both child and parent. Each chapter features an introduction and key chapter objectives, followed by short paragraphs and bulleted information organized according to body systems. It focuses on the most commonly seen illnesses within each system and includes, for each diagnosis, an easy-to-understand description, disease manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and interventions. "Fast Facts in a Nutshell" boxes provide highlighted, critical information and key clinical pearls that can be put to work immediately. Key Features:

Provides current, evidence based information for new pediatric nurses in a concise, easy-to-access bulleted format Packed with information about commonly seen disease processes and well child care along with sound clinical advice Includes age-appropriate techniques for working specifically with children Presents a cross-referenced index of frequently used terminology for quick information retrieval Highlights important information in call-out boxes that also include clinical pearls

Safeguarding children is one of our nation's foremost obligations. We have both a fundamental duty to protect individual children from undue risk during research and an obligation to protect all children during an emergency -- to the extent ethically and practically possible -- by being prepared both with the fruits of scientifically and ethically sound research and with a fulsome national readiness to respond. This book discusses safeguarding children and the challenges in the use of anthrax vaccine adsorbed in the pediatric population as a component of post-exposure prophylaxis.

The reference of choice for pediatricians, residents and medical students, the newly revised and expanded 6th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance on the core knowledge in pediatrics. Edited by a leading primary care authority with more than one hundred contributors, the 6th edition provides comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and toilet training to adolescent depression and suicide. More than 155 (including 5 brand new) clinical chapters review pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then give concise guidelines on what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to treat your patient. New in the 6th edition All chapters have been reviewed and updated to address current issues. Five new chapters are included on the following: Health Systems Science Population Health for Pediatricians Social Determinants of Health: Principles Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking Student worksheets corresponding to each chapter's case study questions will be posted online in a user-friendly format so that they can be completed in preparation of discussions. Case study questions have been enhanced; resources, revised; and acronyms added as an appendix. This edition is completely reorganized into 15 sections using a systems-based approach.

The all-new Next Steps is a handy guide with flip chart for clinicians to help children and adolescents reduce and manage weight.
The guide outlines a series of planned follow-up visits designed to teach evidence-based weight management strategies that can lead to success for the practitioner and patient. The detailed flip chart is to be reviewed by the practitioner and family.
Next Steps was created through a partnership among the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, and the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pediatric Physical Examination & Health Assessment Explores Physical Examinations Of Pediatric Clients From Newborn Through Adolescence While Providing Key Insights Into How To Conduct And Assess Them. A Beginning Guide For Those Learning To Perform Physical Examinations On Patients From Birth Through Adolescence, This Text Describes The Many Examination Techniques For Infants And Children Throughout Their Development. Approaching Each System From A Developmental Perspective, Each Chapter Addresses A Specific System Divided Into Four Major Components: Interviewing Techniques, Anatomy And Physiology, Examination Techniques, And Normal Variations And Common Abnormal Findings All Detailing How To Approach Each Age Group From Infant To Adolescent. Since Treating Pediatric Patients Requires Building Ease And Trust, Each Chapter Includes Seize The Opportunity Suggestions To Help You Assess That Part Of The Body Readily Available Without Being Intrusive Or Causing Fear And Discomfort. Further, Following Many Chapters Is A Case Study That Incorporates Diagnostic Reasoning, Critical Thinking, And Evidence-Based Practice.

Correct medicines management and calculations for children is a crucial skill that childrens nursing students must develop in order to provide safe care to their patients. This book specifically supports pre-registration students in meeting the required competencies for medicines management needed to pass formal assessment and qualify as a childrens nurse. It is clearly structured around the NMC Essential Skills Clusters for medicine management, covering legal aspects, drugs calculations, administration, storage, record-keeping, introductory pharmacology, patient communication and contextual issues in medication. The book is written in user-friendly language and uses patient scenarios to explain concepts and apply theory to practice.

This comprehensive step-by-step guide provides in-depth, need-to-know information that will make pediatric laboratory interpretation easy. Topics include: complete blood count and differential, fluid and electrolyte balance, liver function tests, and acid base balance. This handy little book guides you through common laboratory tests and pediatric parameters. Common abnormal laboratory findings in children are discussed and their clinical implications.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Study Question Book, Third Edition is the ideal review guide for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Family Nurse Practitioners preparing to take certification exams and as a reference in the practice setting. The content of the Study Question Book is divided into systems with an in-depth coverage of growth and development and health promotion and maintenance. Following each chapter are test questions, including answers and bibliographic reference. Focused on enhancing your test-taking skills while also integrating the principles of test taking, this study guide provides a comprehensive and total approach to success in the examination process. The Perfect Study Guide for the ANCC Exam! Intended to work either as a stand alone or in conjunction with the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide.

"Beyond Nurses Notes - A Journey to Choose Life" by Mary M. Hale (RNC, MSN, SRN, SCM), intertwines her stories from Pediatrics and Obstetrics over a period of 27 years of her service at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. She includes several anecdotes from her 10-year career working in Uganda under the rule of the villainous leader Idi Amin, serving five of them as a nursing supervisor. Hale believes these experiences with her patients in the United States and abroad taught her about humanity and made her the person she is, allowing her to "choose life" for herself.

Hale also shares her journey through her surgical experience as a patient. In 2008, she chose life and survived a six-week hospitalization for quadruple cardiac bypass surgery and a hysterectomy to eliminate cancer which was successful. This is her second book about nursing.

About the Author:
Mary M. Hale, RNC, MSN, SRN, SCM, has been a Nurse-Midwife for 35 years. Ten of those years she served under the Ministry of Health in Uganda, East Africa where she set up the first post-graduate pediatric nursing program. Hale has written about these experiences in her first book "On Uganda's Terms" telling the obstacles to saving lives under the worst of circumstances while working tirelessly against the odds of Idi Amin.
She retired after 27 years in Pediatrics and Obstetrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2006. Her first year of retirement was spent writing her autobiography "On Uganda's Terms." In her second year she finished "Beyond Nurses Notes - A Journey to Choose Life."

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The quick and easy way to learn the concepts and major theories of pediatric nursing - and how to apply them to real-world situations If you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils pediatric nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here! Pediatric Nursing Demystified is a complete yet concise overview of all the important pediatric nursing concepts and the disorders that most often afflict infants to adolescents. You'll also learn how to apply those principles to real-life clinical situations. In order to make the learning process as easy and effective as possible, you'll find learning aids such as chapter objectives, key terms, a brief overview of each topic, content summaries, chapter-ending questions, numerous tables and diagrams, and a comprehensive final exam that includes NCLEX-style questions covering all the content found in the book. Great for course exams and as an NCLEX review!

Written from a parent's point of view, this text offers insight into the experience of having a premature baby and reassures other parents that they are not alone in trying to balance life inside the hospital with life outside the hospital.

A 3-year-old tells the story of her premature sister's stay in the hospital NICU. The readers will learn what it is like to have a sibling in the NICU, from the strange looking equipment on the baby to the emotions experienced by the family. This is perfect to help very young children understand what happens with premature babies.

Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant: A Manual of Care provides an accessible and clinical guide to the caring for the acutely ill child. It provides guidance on the specific nursing skills required to care for children and infants who require a 'step up' level of care from those on the general paediatric ward or a 'step down' level of care on discharge from neonatal or paediatric critical care facilities. Chapters follow a general systems approach, covering themes such as respiratory care, renal care and cardiac care as well as covering specialities such as neuro-trauma, burns and transportation of the acutely ill infant or child. Other areas explored include pain and sedation, monitoring and meeting the nutritional needs of the highly dependent child or infant. Each chapter provides an overview of the anatomy & physiology, guidance on assessment and monitoring, and outlines effective nursing care and management guidance. Case studies are provided throughout as well as information on common drug infusions, feeding guidelines and APLS/NALS algorithms.

This revised, expanded edition addresses the increased interest in and demand for information about the nursing care of premature, technolog y-dependent infants once they are at home. Clinical practice and resea rch updates, care plans, assessment forms, sample care maps, and other hands-on materials presented in an 8 1/2 x 11 format make this a prac tical tool as well as a textbook.

The transformation in the health care industry, begun over a decade ag o, will continue well into the 21st century. And the dominant theme in the new millennium is likely to be collaborative practice and outcome s-based health care delivery. A collection of the most current and inn ovative presentations in path-based, collaborative practices, this boo k focuses on the design, implementation and analysis of outcomes for t he heavy volume DRGs. For each DRG, the authors present two to three s tandard clinical pathways, and then show how those pathways can be man ipulated to alter outcomes. Health Care Outcomes covers topics in Resp iratory, Neonatal/Pediatric, General Surgery, Orthopaedic, and Geriatr ic Care. A comprehensive collection of critical pathways and outcomes maps being used by leading hospitals and health care agencies around t he country, this is an important reference for developing path-based c are models, or revising critical paths and outcomes maps.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Quick Look Nursing: Obstetric and Pediatric Pathophysiology is a quick reference book that works well as a supplement to other text books. It covers areas such as Neuro, Immune System, Endocrine, and Respiratory. It's great for Pediatric and OB clinical courses, ADN and BSN students, and nursing staff development departments. Organized by a body system approach, each section begins with a brief review of anatomy and physiology and includes a listing of diagnostic measures pertinent to that system.

Intended As A Quick Reference For Nurses And Nursing Students, This Text Offers Guidance In Identifying Essential Content For Maternity Nursing Practice. Quick Look Nursing: Maternal-Newborn Nursing Identifies The Most Important Facts And Summarizes The Most Current Information Involved In Maternal And Newborn Nursing.

100 Questions & Answers About Your Child'S Cancer Gives You Authoritative, Practical Answers To Your Questions About Childhood Cancer, Treatment Options, Post-Treatment Quality Of Life, Coping Strategies -- For Both Patient And Caregiver, Sources Of Support, And Much More. This Book Is An Invaluable Resource For Understanding And Coping With The Medical, Psychological, Emotional And Financial Aspects Of A Child Sick With Cancer.

The first edition of this authoritative textbook has become the key text for a wide audience of providers and facilitators of care and treatment through childhood. It is essential reading for child health professionals and is still the only text in this important area. This exciting new edition is again structured into four main sections: 'Organisational facets'' 'Philosophical issues', 'Dimensions of practice', and 'Advancing practice', and has been expanded to include detailed guidance on the commissioning and resourcing of services. It provides essential information for implementing the requirements of the children's National Service Framework that will support the expansion of Community Children's Nursing and enable it to move forward and away from fragmented service delivery. Bringing together the work of some of the most distinguished experts in the field, there is comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of Community Children's Nursing, including multi-disciplinary/interagency planning; provision of nursing services to sick children and their families in a range of community setting; and the needs of both the recipients and providers of care within the trajectory of acute, life-limiting and terminal illness. This edition provides invaluable knowledge for all professionals and students involved with Community Children's Nurses wherever sick children and their families receive care or treatment, including health visitors, school nurses, district nurses, social workers, acute bases nurses, mental health nurses, learning disability nurses, GPs, commissioners and managers of services, paediatricians, children's hospices, independent providers and the voluntary sector. The first - and only - book on this topic, addressed specifically at the Community Children's Nurse (CCN) An authoritative guide to the principles underpinning the development of the specialty, which puts into context the scope of the CCN's work and clearly describes his/her place in the community team) A balance of the theoretical and practical, presented by the key names in this field) Offers up-to-date "evidence" which supports the development of this rapidly expanding specialty) Foreword by Elizabeth Fradd, Independent Health Service Advisor, UK New chapters have been added on the topics of: Developing a national strategy and corporate identity for Community Children's Nursing Delivering and funding care for children with complex needs Strategic planning and commissioning of services Benchmarking Transitional care The following chapters have been rewritten and expanded: Young carers Complementary therapies Partnerships with the voluntary sector Health promotion Information management The role of the Community Children's Nurse Manager is also explored in depth.

Some 20-million low-birth-weight babies are born each year because of either preterm birth or impaired prenatal growth mostly in less developed countries. For many small preterm infants receiving prolonged medical care is important. However kangaroo mother care is an effective way to meet baby's needs for warmth breastfeeding protection from infection stimulation safety and love. Kangaroo mother care is care of preterm infants carried skin-to-skin with the mother. It is a powerful easy-to-use method to promote the health and well being of infants. This document describes the kangaroo mother care method for care of stable preterm/low-birth-weight infants who need thermal protection adequate feeding frequent observation and protection from infection. It provides guidance on how to organize services at the referral hospital and on what is needed to introduce and carry out kangaroo mother care focusing on settings where resources are limited. Evidence for the recommendations are provided whenever possible. This book has been prepared for health professionals in charge of low-birth-weight and preterm newborn infants in first referral hospitals in settings with scarce resources. It is also aimed at decision-makers and planners at national and local levels.

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-based text for experienced nurses and midwives caring for sick newborn babies. Written largely by and for nurses, it concentrates on the common problems occurring within the neonatal intensive care unit. This user-friendly text will enable nurses to recognise, rationalise and remedy these problems using both a multi-systems and an evidence-based approach. It will be essential reading for experienced nurses and midwives caring for sick newborn babies within the intensive care area of the neonatal unit and also for nurses undertaking qualifications in the specialism of neonatal nursing.
Individual chapters include:
ADVANCED NEONATAL NURSING PRACTICE * DEVELOPMENTALLY FOCUSSED NURSING CARE * RESUSCITATION OF THE NEWBORN * MANAGEMENT OF THERMAL STABILITY * RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT * CARDIOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT* HAEMOTOLOGICAL PROBLEMS * BRAIN INJURY IN THE PRE-TERM INFANT * FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE THERAPY * NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT * INFECTION * PAIN AND COMFORT * DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES * NEONATAL ANAESTHESIA * SURGICAL ASPECTS OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE * FAMILY CARE * NEONATAL TRANSPORT * ETHICAL ISSUES * MEDICATION IN THE NEWBORN
Features of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing:
* clearly written by practising neonatal nurses and teachers * user-friendly with a glossary of terms * includes case studies and exercises to promote critical thinking and decision-making * contains a wealth of evidence to support nursing procedures and practice.

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