Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing has workbook pages at the end of each chapter including NCLEX-PN style review questions, study activities, critical thinking questions, and dosage calculations.

Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing covers:

• foundations and special concerns of pediatric nursing
• age-specific developmental information
• clinically-focused coverage of common pediatric illnesses and disorders

Contents

Overview of Pediatric Health Care

1. The Nurse's Role in a Changing Child Health Care Environment
2. Family-Centered and Community-Based Pediatric Nursing

Foundations of Pediatric Nursing

3. Assessment of the Child (Data Collection)
4. Care of the Hospitalized Child
5. Procedures and Treatments
6. Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapy

Special Concerns of Pediatric Nursing

7. The Child with a Chronic Health Problem
8. Abuse in the Family
9. The Dying Child

Care of the Newborn

10. Nursing Assessment of Newborn Transition
11. Newborn Nutrition
12. The Normal Newborn
13. The Newborn with a Gestational or Acquired Disorder
14. The Newborn with a Congenital Disorder

Care of the Child

15. Principles of Growth and Development
16. Growth and Development of the Infant: 28 Days to 1 Year
17. The Infant with a Major Illness
18. Growth and Development of the Toddler: 1 to 3 Years
19. The Toddler with a Major Illness
20. Growth and Development of the Preschool Child: 3 to 6 Years
21. The Preschool Child with a Major Illness
22. Growth and Development of the School-Age Child: 6 to 10 Years
23. The School-Age Child with a Major Illness
24. Growth and Development of the Adolescent: 11 to 18 Years
25. The Adolescent with a Major Illness

Index

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