Description
Are you working as a children's nurse or doing a placement on a children's ward? Are you studying to become a great professional involved in nursing children and young people? This user friendly, easy to carry textbook is a practical and evidence-based guide which provides those in the early stages of their careers with clinical information and insights.This book will help you to:- Gather all the information you need to work with patients, in a concise and structure way;- Obtain the knowledge required and clinical skills needed on a wide range of conditions;- Have an excellent starting point and great revision aid to refer to when in doubt; What will you find in this UPDATED edition:- Answers to some of your questions about embarking on your career into children's nursing;- How to satisfy children's requirements and needs in the ward according to their age and stage of their development;- Examples on legal, health and safety issues;- Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field. Part of the A Nurse's Survival Guide seriesWhat will you find in this UPDATED edition:- Answers to some of your questions about embarking on your career into children's nursing;- How to safely care for children's needs in the ward according to their age and stage of their development;- Examples on legal, health and safety issues;- Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field. Part of the A Nurse's Survival Guide series
Table of Contents
1 General principles of children's nursing1.1: Introduction1.2: Health and Safety1.3: Emergency care of a child1.4: Life threatening complications2 Assessment and investigations of a child2.1: Paediatric scoring systems2.2: Assessment of a child2.3: Haemodynamic monitoring of a child2.4: Diagnostic procedures3 Children's nursing interventions3.1: General interventions3.2: Specific interventions3.3: Caring for a child in a variety of situations3.4: Caring for a child in a variety of settings4 Common conditions in children and reasons for admission 4.1: General condition in children: a systems approach4.2: Other conditions observed in children4.3: Mental health conditions in children5 Psychological and ethical care5.1: Professional and practice issues5.2: Psychosocial issues5.3: Palliative care of a child6 Drug administration6.1: General aspects6.2: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics6.3: Classification of drugs used in children6.4: Medication managementReferencesAppendix 1 Normal vital signsAppendix 2 Units of measurementAppendix 3 Drug measurement and calculationsGlossaryIndex
