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"This book maps to the content of the majority of pre-registration child nursing programmes, and by adopting a 5 part structure it clearly covers the core parts of training and practice that you will need: Part 1): Principles of nursing children and young people; Part 2): Wellbeing and development; Part 3): Caring for children and young people with acute health care needs and injury; Part 4): Caring for children and young people with complex and high...

"The text utilizes a highly-readable writing style and encourages a whole-body approach -- beginning with child development and health promotion to better understand the later chapters on specific health problems. This new eleventh edition also features Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies and questions, a new chapter covering all systems cancers, additional case studies within the nursing care plans, and updated and expanded evidence-based...

Finally! A new OB/peds textbook that focuses on what LPNs must know. You?ll find just the right depth and breadth of coverage with a focus on the knowledge and skills that LPNs need to know to practice safely.

Focusing on the needs of patients ranging from 12 to 18 years of age, this program features ways for pediatric nurses to work positively with the family members of patients, address specific cultural issues that may emerge in (or create obstacles to) the administering of proper care, and maximize the non-traumatic aspects of professional nursing. Trainees will gain both a physiological and psychosocial understanding of the average adolescent health...

Attuned to physiological issues as well as emotional, psychological, and cultural concerns, this program guides nursing trainees through the earliest stages of childhood. It addresses the specific needs of neonates (birth to 28 days old), infants (one month to one year old), and toddlers (one year to three years old). Viewers are shown ways of working with a patient's entire family and dealing with needs associated with the social environment, while...

Features over 100 nursing care plans for all four core clinical areas-- medical-surgical,maternity/OB, pediatrics, and psychiatric/mental health-- to help nurses care for patients in any setting. This new edition is the first in the market to include a unique, interprofessional, "patient problem" focus that teaches nurses and nursing students how to speak to patients in conversational terms rather than in nursing-specific language. New non-medical-surgical...

"The leading resource for collaborative critical care for newborns, Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 7th Edition provides a multidisciplinary approach and a real-world perspective. It focuses on evidenced-based practice, with clinical directions in color for easy retrieval and review. Special features help you prioritize the steps in initial care, and provide a guide to sharing information with parents. With each chapter...

This book is the leading resource for collaborative, interprofessional critical care of newborns. Co-authored by physicians and nurses, it offers concise, comprehensive coverage with a unique multidisciplinary approach and real-world perspective that make it an essential guide for both neonatal nurses and physicians.