Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

Author Information

Theresa Kyle MSN CPNP, Susan Carman MSN MBA

Product Details

ISBN: 9781605470283

Publish Date: 02/07/2012

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Number of pages: 1264

Description

Kyle/2E promotes confidence in pediatric nursing by growing and developing students’ understanding of child and family care. Building on foundational concepts of adult nursing, students learn techniques of atraumatic care and patient teaching, and methods of communicating with children and their families. An emphasis is placed on defining the differences between adult care and pediatric care to increase the student’s level of comfort with this specific patient type.

Many features to enhance student understanding of pediatric nursing including:

Clear organization to encourage students to build on foundational nursing knowledge
Unique design to appeal to multiple learning styles
NEW! Atraumatic Care Highlights throughout and a complete chapter on atraumatic care assist students in reducing patient and family stress in the healthcare setting
NEW! Evidence-Based Practice boxes show current research to support pediatric nursing topics, giving students real-world evidence to assist in understanding
NEW! Thinking About Development features encourage students to think critically about special developmental concerns relating to the topic being discussed.
NEW! Healthy People 2020 objectives have been included to provide current industry information
Integrated Case Studies are threaded throughout chapters with real-life scenarios that present relevant child and family information that is intended to perfect the student’s caregiving skills
Comparison Charts compare two or more disorders or other easily confused concepts, to provide explanations and clarification for students
Nursing Care Plans provide concrete examples of each step of the nursing process
Step-by-Step Procedures provide a clear explanation of pediatric variations to facilitate competent performance