Pediatric Nursing: A Case-Based Approach, 2nd Edition, brings the realities of pediatric nursing practice to life to help you ensure the concept mastery and clinical readiness essential to success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® and prepare students for the challenges they’ll encounter throughout their nursing careers.
Threaded throughout the text, 15 fictional scenarios based on real clinical cases put pediatric concepts in a practical, explanatory context and challenge students to apply their understanding, reinforcing chapter content and promoting critical thinking and clinical analysis. As students work through this innovative, case-based approach, they gain key insights into growth and development, body systems, and pharmacologic therapy while practicing the clinical judgment, patient advocacy, and patient education capabilities they’ll employ every day in clinical practice.
Updated coverage in this enhanced 2nd edition readies students for the clinical challenges ahead, including COVID-19, child abuse and neglect, school health, iron deficiency anemia, mental health, and immunization. New Building Clinical Judgment and Essential Nursing Competencies cultivate clinical reasoning skills and ensure the preparation for success in any practice setting.
Unit 2: Care of the Developing Child Chapter 16: Care of the Newborn and Infant Chapter 17: Care of the Toddler Chapter 18: Care of the Preschooler Chapter 19: Care of the School-Age Child Chapter 20: Care of the Adolescent
Unit 3: Care of the Hospitalized Child Chapter 21: Alterations in Respiratory Function Chapter 22: Alterations in Cardiac Function Chapter 23: Alterations in Neurological and Sensory Function Chapter 24: Alterations in Gastrointestinal Function Chapter 25: Alterations in Genitourinary Function Chapter 26: Alterations in Hematological Function Chapter 27: Oncological Disorders Chapter 28: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function Chapter 29: Alterations in Neuromuscular Function Chapter 30: Alterations in Integumentary Function Chapter 31: Alterations in Immune Function Chapter 32: Alterations in Endocrine Function Chapter 33: Genetic Disorders Chapter 34: Alterations in Cognition and Mental Health Chapter 25: Pediatric Emergencies
UPDATED! New and revised content familiarizes students with the latest evidence-based perspectives and approaches to COVID-19, child abuse and neglect, school health, iron deficiency anemia, mental health, and immunization.
NEW! Spotlight on Essential Nursing Competencies features highlight the practical application of key nursing competencies.
UPDATED! Clinical Judgment: The Nurse’s Point of View features train students to think like nurses and reinforce applicable steps of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) in each clinical scenario.
NEW! Building Clinical Judgment boxes teach students to recognize and analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, and generate solutions for commonly encountered patient care scenarios.
NEW! Chapter that tells the story of a medically complex teenager with cerebral palsy who is nonverbal and wheelchair bound provides a challenging opportunity to synthesize learning into a real-world application.
Powerfully written case-based patient scenarios reflecting a diverse range of patient ages, development levels, and backgrounds instill a clinically relevant understanding of essential concepts.
Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, foster meaningful reflection and classroom conversation.
Growth and Development Check features alert students to age and developmental considerations for patient care.
How Much Does It Hurt? boxes detail relevant pediatric pain management principles.
Patient Safety reminders help students quickly recognize and address potential safety concerns.
Let’s Compare boxes reinforce distinctions between adult and pediatric anatomy and physiology.
Priority Care Concepts guide students through effective patient prioritization.
Whose Job Is It, Anyway? features clarify the roles and responsibilities of healthcare team members.
Hospital Help boxes identify special care considerations for maintaining growth and development while pediatric patients are in the hospital.
Patient Teaching boxes guide students through effective patient and caregiver education techniques.
The Pharmacy sections provide fast access to relevant drug classification, route of administration, action, and nursing considerations.
Think Critically questions challenge students to synthesize chapter information and cultivate essential clinical reasoning skills.
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