Full Description
Known for its accuracy, evidence-based focus, and engaging writing style, Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition has been the #1 title in the pediatric nursing market since it first published in 1980! Thoroughly revised to equip you with the latest research and guidelines for treating children today, it encourages a whole-body approach by beginning with child development and health promotion to better understand the later chapters on specific health problems. A new chapter featuring all systems cancers provides comprehensive information in one place. Nursing Care Plans now incorporate additional case studies to personalize interventions and promote critical thinking.A developmental approach?clearly identifies key tasks, influences, and differences at each stage of a child's growth to help students provide appropriate, individualized care for each child.UNIQUE! Critical thinking case studies?allow you to test and develop your analytical skills in a variety of clinical situations.UNIQUE!?Quality Patient Outcomes?content?in?Nursing Care Management?discussions for major diseases and disorders helps you understand how the care you provide directly impacts patient safety and promotes positive outcomes. Updated genetic content in the Developmental and Genetic Influences on Children chapter addresses rapidly changing and important information as it relates to children in health and illness.UNIQUE! Family focus?includes a separate chapter on the role of the family in child health, family content throughout the text, and?Family-Centered Care?boxes that highlight information on patient teaching, home care, and incorporating the family in the child's care.UNIQUE! Translating Evidence into Practice boxes focus your attention on the application of research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.UNIQUE!?Atraumatic Care?boxes guide you through performing procedures in a caring manner, promoting more positive experiences for children, families, and nurses. Drug Alerts?throughout the text emphasize important drug information and point out potential safety issues.An emphasis on wellness?offers health promotion and injury prevention strategies for each age group.Community Focus boxes provide resources and guidance on caring for children outside the clinical setting.Nursing Care Plans, including Nursing Diagnoses, Patient/Family Goals, Nursing Interventions/Rationales, and Expec1ted Outcomes, provide you with a model for planning patient care. Research Focus boxes help you remain abreast of current studies that impact pediatric nursing today.Cultural content, integrated throughout the text and highlighted in Cultural Considerations boxes, exposes you to customs and beliefs of different cultures that influence child care, enhancing your ability to provide quality nursing care to ALL children and their families.Nursing Tips throughout the text offer helpful hints and practical, clinical information of a non-emergency nature.Nursing Alerts throughout the text provide you with critical information that must be considered in providing care.UNIQUE! Emergency Treatment boxes serve as a quick reference in critical situations.Nursing Care Guidelines boxes provide you with clear, step-by-step, detailed instructions for performing specific skills or procedures.NEW! Updated content throughout, notably methods of measuring competency and outcomes (QSEN and others), ambiguous genitalia, pediatric measurements, guidelines, and standards as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and clear definitions of adolescent and young adult, keeps you up-to-date on important topic areas.NEW! The Child with Cancer chapter includes all systems cancers for ease of access.NEW and UPDATED! Case Studies now linked to Nursing Care Plans to personalize interventions, while also providing questions to promote critical thinking.
Contents
1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing2. Family, Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion3. Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion4. Communication and Physical Assessment of the Child and Family5. Pain Assessment in and Management in Children6. Infectious Disease7. Health Promotion of the Newborn and Family8. Health Problems of Newborns9. Health Promotion of the Infant and Family 10. Health Problem of Infants11. Health Promotion of the Toddler and Family 12. Health Promotion of the Preschooler and Family13. Health Problems of Toddlers and Preschoolers14. Health Promotion of the School Age Child and Family15. Health Promotion of the Adolescent and Family16. Health Problems of School Age Children and Adolescents17. Quality of Life for Children Living with Chronic or Complex Diseases18. Impact of Cognitive or Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family19. Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization20. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions21. The Child with Respiratory Dysfunction22. The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction23. The Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction24. The Child with Hematologic or Immunologic Dysfunction25. NEW! The Child with Cancer26. The Child with Genitourinary Dysfunction27. The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction28. The Child with Endocrine Dysfunction29. The Child with Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction30. The Child with Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction
