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Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing
- 9th Edition - August 11, 2023
- Authors: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Rosalind Bryant, Melody Brown Hellsten
- Language: English
- Other ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 4 7 6 - 7
Put pediatric nursing guidelines, procedures, and reference data at your fingertips! Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th Edition is your "go-to" guide for the care… Read more
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Request a sales quotePut pediatric nursing guidelines, procedures, and reference data at your fingertips! Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th Edition is your "go-to" guide for the care of children and their families, whether in the hospital, clinic, community setting, or home. Reflecting the latest in research and evidence-based practice, the book provides assessment tools and new information on pediatric pain assessment and management. Also new to this edition are case studies with questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination. Written by pediatric expert Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Wong’s Clinical Manual includes an Evolve website with medication tables, photos, printable patient education sheets, and more.
- Complete, concise assessment data is provided for general health, specific problems, nutrition, sleep, and growth and development.
- Assessment and Management unit presents pain management strategies for the neonate, child, and adolescent.
- Evidence-based interventions include guidelines for treating pediatric patients and providing information to their families and caregivers.
- Safety Alerts and Drug Alerts call attention to considerations — such as assessment data, risk factors, and danger signs — that could lead to a health emergency.
- Atraumatic Care boxes cover therapeutic care through interventions that eliminate or minimize pain, discomfort, and stress.
- Community focus includes guidelines to interventions, patient teaching, and home care, along with Community Focus boxes throughout the book.
- Vital reference data appear inside the front and back covers for easy lookup.
- Health promotion tables and charts summarize nutrition, immunizations, safety and injury prevention, and parental guidance.
- Full-color photos of dermatologic conditions depict the pediatric skin problems most commonly seen in practice.
- Patient teaching instructions on the Evolve website allow you to print and hand out sets of easy-to-understand instructions to caregivers.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Reviewer
- Preface
- Blood Pressure Levels
- Unit 1. Assessment
- Health History
- Cultural Assessment
- Physical Assessment
- Nursing Assessment of Specific Health Problems
- Assessment of a Child with Common Disorders
- Family Assessment
- Nutritional Assessment
- Sleep Assessment
- Growth Measurements
- Sexual Maturation
- Assessment of Development
- Assessment of Language and Speech
- Assessment of Vision
- Special Tests of Visual Acuity and Eye Examination Guidelines
- Assessment of Hearing
- Summary of Growth and Development
- Unit 2. Health Promotion
- Preventive Pediatric Health Care
- Nutrition
- Immunizations
- Safety and Injury Prevention
- Parental Guidance
- Play
- Play During Hospitalization
- Hockenberry Color Insert
- Unit 3. Pain Assessment and Management
- Procedural Assessment and Analgesia
- Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Pain Management
- Analgesic Drug Administration
- Side Effects of Opioids
- Sedation for Painful Procedures
- Unit 4. Evidence-Based Pediatric Nursing Interventions
- Preparing Children for Procedures Based on Developmental Characteristics
- Preparing the Family
- Skin Care and General Hygiene
- Procedures Related to Maintaining Safety
- Positioning for Procedures
- Collection of Specimens
- Procedures Related to Administration of Medications
- End-of-Life Care Interventions
- Procedures Related to Fluid Balance, Blood Administration, or Nutrition Support
- Ostomy Care Procedures
- Procedures Related to Maintaining Cardiorespiratory Function
- Procedures Related to Maintaining Neurologic Function
- UNIT 5. Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination–Style Unfolding Case Studies
- Unfolding Case Studies
- Unfolding Case Studies Answer Key
- The Child With Chronic Kidney Disease
- The Child With Appendicitis
- The Child With Acute Respiratory Tract Illness
- The Child With Acute Asthma Exacerbation
- The Child With Coarctation of the Aorta
- The Child With Sickle Cell Anemia
- The Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- The Child With Seizures
- The Child With Diabetes Mellitus
- A Child With a Fracture and Cast
- A Child With Cerebral Palsy
- Unit 6. Reference Data
- Common Laboratory Tests
- Hematology
- Age-Specific Leukocyte Differential
- Index
- No. of pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: 9
- Published: August 11, 2023
- Imprint: Mosby
- Other ISBN: 9780323754767
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Marilyn J. Hockenberry
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Global HOPE Nursing, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; Bessie Baker Professor Emerita of Nursing Chair, Duke Institutional Review Board, Duke University, Durham, North CarolinaRB
Rosalind Bryant
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasMH
Melody Brown Hellsten
Affiliations and expertise
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Palliative Care Program, Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas