Pediatric Acute Care
A Guide to Interprofessional Practice
- 3rd Edition - February 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Editors: Karin Reuter-Rice, Beth Nachtsheim Bolick, Maureen A. Madden, Paul N. Severin
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 0 8 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 0 9 0 - 7
Stay up-to-date on the latest evidence and clinical practice in pediatric acute care with the definitive textbook in the field. Now in its third edition, Pediatric Acute Care: A… Read more
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Stay up-to-date on the latest evidence and clinical practice in pediatric acute care with the definitive textbook in the field. Now in its third edition, Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice takes an evidence-based, interprofessional approach to pediatric acute care as it exemplifies the depth and diversity that’s needed for the dynamic healthcare environments in which acutely ill children receive care. Coverage includes how to work with the pediatric patient and family, major acute care disorders and their management, emergency preparedness, common acute care procedures, and much more. With contributions from more than 200 practicing clinicians and academic experts, it represents a wide variety of disciplines including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology, among others. It includes a new chapter on environmental impact on health, updated evidence-based content throughout the text, NEW COVID content, NEW social determinants of health content, additional content on patients with type II diabetes, NEW cystic fibrosis content, and increased number of case studies and clinical scenarios on the Evolve site.
• Evidence-based content comprehensively addresses all topics needed to provide care for pediatric patients in acute, inpatient, emergency, transport, and critical care settings. • Interprofessional collaborative approach includes contributions from more than 200 practicing clinicians and academic experts from the U.S and Canada—including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology • Consistent organization within disorder chapters begins with a section on Physiology and continues with sections on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Etiology, Presentation, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Studies, and a Plan of Care that includes Therapeutic Management, Consultation, Patient and Family Education, and Disposition and Discharge Planning • Comprehensive content divides coverage into units on the approach to the pediatric patient and family, a unit addressing major acute care disorders and their management, an emergency preparedness unit, and a unit on practice supports. • Chapters address the key educational issues of simulation and assessment.
Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) programs, including Master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). PNCB reports 37 approved programs in the U.S. AANP reports there are 350 total NP programs (all specialty areas) in the United States. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) programs Physician Assistant Programs
Part I Interprofessional Patient Care 1. The Interprofessional Team 2. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement 3. Research and Evidence-based Practice 4. Certification, Licensure, Credentialing, and Privileging 5. Documentation and Coding Part II Approach to the Pediatric Patient and Family 6. Child Life and Developmental Considerations 7. Patient and Family Centered Care 8. Communicating Bad News 9. Ethical Considerations 10. Environmental Impact on Health NEW 11. Care of the Minor and Legal Implications 12. Management in the Emergency Setting 13. Management in the Inpatient Setting 14. Management of Children with Medical Complexity 15. Management of the Chronically Critically Ill Child 16. Management of the Premature Infant in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting 17. Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine 18. Rehabilitation and Habilitation 19. Transition to Adulthood 20. Transport of the Ill or Injured Pediatric Patient Part III. Selected Topics and their Management 21. Analgesia and Sedation 22. Cardiac 23. Dermatology 24. Endocrine 25. Fluid, Electrolytes, and Nutrition 26. Gastrointestinal 27. Genetics and Metabolism 28. Hematology and Oncology 29. Immunology and Rheumatology 30. Infectious Diseases 31. Kidney and Genitourinary 32. Musculoskeletal 33. Neuroscience 34. Orofacial 35. Pulmonary 36. Child Maltreatment 37. Toxicologic Exposures 38. Trauma Part IV. Emergency Preparedness 39. Principles of Disaster Management and Clinical Practice Part V. Practice Supports 40. Procedures 41. Laboratory Values 42. Clinical Simulation 43. The Role of Assessment in Teaching and Learning
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2027
- Language: English
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Karin Reuter-Rice
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Duke University, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar, Durham, North CarolinaBB
Beth Nachtsheim Bolick
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow Alumna, 2012-2015 Cohort, Chicago, IllinoisMM
Maureen A. Madden
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Critical Care, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New JerseyPS
Paul N. Severin
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Rush Medical College; Chairman, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County; Director, PICU Transport, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois