Unit 1. Caring for children: special considerations in healthcare. Principles of family-centered care -- Growth and development milestones -- Principles of fluid and nutritional management -- Principles of pharmacologic management -- Principles of pain management -- Unit 2. Pediatric guidelines and procedures. Abdominal girth -- Admission of the child -- Advance directives -- Aerosol treatments -- Apnea monitors -- Bathing the infant -- Bed and crib choices -- Blood drawing from peripheral sites: heel stick and finger stick -- Blood drawing from peripheral sites: venipuncture -- Blood gas sampling and monitoring -- Blood glucose monitoring -- Blood product administration -- Bone marrow aspiration -- Breast milk: handling and storage of expressed human milk -- Cardiopulmonary monitoring -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for healthcare providers -- Cast care -- Chemotherapy: administration and safe handling -- Chemotherapy: management of extravasation -- Chest physiotherapy -- Chest tubes -- Child abuse reporting and documentation -- Circumcision care -- Cooling measures. Use of -- Developmental care of the neonate -- Diapering -- Disaster preparedness and response -- Ear irrigation for cerumen impaction -- Enemas -- Enteral tubes placement and management: gastrostomy, peg, skin-level devices, and jejunostomy -- Enteral feeding tubes: naso/orogastric placement and management and nasojejunal management -- Fall prevention -- Feeding. Enteral -- Feeding. Infant: breast-feeding and formula-feeding -- Growth parameter assessment -- Hearing screening -- Hemodynamic monitoring: central venous pressure -- Hemodynamic monitoring: insertion and setup for central venous pressure and intraarterial blood pressure monitoring -- Hemodynamic monitoring: intraarterial pressure -- Heparin lock/flush -- Immunizations -- Incentive spirometry -- Infection control and standard precautions -- Informed consent -- Intracranial pressure monitoring. Assisting in placement and care of -- Intravascular therapy: peripheral catheters -- Intravascular therapy: peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) -- Intravascular therapy: vascular implantable device (VID) -- Intravascular therapy: tunneled access device (TAD) -- Intubation -- Latex precautions -- Lumbar puncture -- Medication administration: endotracheal -- Medication administration: enteral -- Medication administration: intramuscular -- Medication administration: intraosseous -- Medication administration: intravenous -- Medication administration: intravenous cardiovascular -- Medication administration: nasal -- Medication administration: ophthalmic -- Medication administration: oral -- Medication administration: otic -- Medication administration: rectal -- Medication administration: subcutaneous -- Medication administration: sublingual and buccal -- Medication administration: topical -- Nasotracheal suctioning -- Neurologic assessment -- Newborn care: immediate needs of the stable newborn -- Newborn care: maintaining a thermal neutral environment -- Newborn care: newborn screening -- Oral care -- Ostomy care -- Oxygen administration --

Parenteral nutrition and intravenous fat emulsion infusion

Patient identification

Peak flowmeters and spacers, use and care of

Pediculosis (lice) and scabies management

Pet therapy

Phototherapy

Pneumogram: two- or four-channel

Poison management

Postanesthesia care

Postmortem care

Postural screening

Potassium infusion. Administration of

Preoperative care

Procedures: general guidelines

Prostheses and orthoses

Pulse oximetry

Range-of-motion exercises

Restraint and seclusion

Safety measures

Saline lock/flush

Sedation

Seizure precautions

Skeletal pin site care

Stool collection and analysis

Toys; distribution, cleaning, and storage

Tracheostomy: stoma care and management

Tracheostomy: suctioning

Tracheostomy: tube change

Traction care

Transition management: discharging and transferring the child

Urinary catheterization: insertion and removal of indwelling catheter

Urinary catheterization: management of indwelling catheter

Urinary catheterization: self-intermittent catheterization

Urine collection: 24-hour specimen

Urine collection: clean catch or midstream

Urine collection: indwelling catheter

Urine collection: routine voided urine specimen

Urine collection: straight catheter

Ventilators: mechanical

Ventriculostomy drain, assisting in placement and care of

Vision screening

Visitor identification and management

Vital signs: blood pressure

Vital signs: heart rate

Vital signs: pain assessment

Vital signs: respiratory rate

Vital signs: temperature

Warming devices. Use of

Wound care

Appendices. Reference ranges for vital sign measurements

Internet references.