Full Description
Delineates essential pediatric knowledge and skills that will greatly enhance nursing orientation and ongoing education
This pocket-sized resource for nurses confronting pediatric emergencies provides immediate access to vital, life-saving information. Ideal for a variety of settings, this guide distills the wisdom of expert pediatric emergency clinicians who provide a wealth of critical information from basic foundational knowledge through red flag presentations and triage.
After describing how to best incorporate the guide into practice, the book conveys important contextual information about pediatric developmental stages, anatomy and physiology, and how to communicate effectively with patients and caregivers. This essential resource provides comprehensive triage content; a combination of concept-based learning, disease pathology, and recognition according to body system; and psychosocial considerations. Additionally, behavioral health issues, congenital cardiac anomalies, and children with unique needs, along with assessments, interventions, critical medications, and selected components of resuscitation are covered.
This text provides emergency, urgent care, clinic, school nurses and others, both experienced and inexperienced, with a pocket reference when caring for the pediatric patient. A quick-reference section highlights emergency pediatric procedures and medication administration for at-a-glance information. Chapters contain space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, or pasting facility-specific policies and procedures.
Key Features:
Concise, pocket-sized, immediate-access format
Useful for emergency, urgent care, clinic, school, detention center, summer camp settings, and others
Utilizes a systematic evidence-based approach for the triage, assessment, and identification of appropriate interventions for a variety of clinical presentations
Describes nursing pearls and critical concepts of pediatric emergency care
Addresses typical vs. atypical patient presentations
Provides step-by-step information for pediatric procedures
Addresses anatomic and physiologic age-specific considerations applicable to each disease pathology or injury
Icons are used throughout the book to quickly direct the user to specific content areas
Contains blank note pages for customization
Contents
Resource Numbers
About the Authors
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Contributors and Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CARE
Chapter 1: The Secrets to Using this Guide
Chapter 2: Overview of the Care of the Pediatric Patient
Chapter 3: Across the Continuum: Birth through Adolescence
Part II: KEY ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CARE
Chapter 4: Pediatric Triage
Chapter 5: Inadequate Ventilation
Chapter 6: Inadequate Perfusion
Chapter 7: Altered Mental Status
Chapter 8: Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 9: Abdominal Emergencies
Part III: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES BY BODY SYSTEM
Chapter 10: Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter 11: Genitourinary Emergencies
Chapter 12: Obstetrical Emergencies
Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal Emergencies
Chapter 14: Eye Emergencies
Chapter 15: Dental, Ear, and Nose Emergencies
Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE
Chapter 16: Infectious Diseases
Chapter 17: Hematology and Oncology Emergencies
Chapter 18: Toxicology Emergencies
Chapter 19: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 20: Child Maltreatment
Chapter 21: Behavioral Health Emergencies
Chapter 22: Human Trafficking
Chapter 23: Death of a Child
Part V: TRAUMA, BURN, AND DISASTER EMERGENCIES
Chapter 24: Trauma
Chapter 25: Burn Emergencies
Chapter 26: Pediatric Disaster Response
Part VI: PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONS
Chapter 27: Procedures
Chapter 28: Medication Administration
Notes
References
Index
Ruler
