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Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

  • 9th Edition - September 18, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, David Wilson
  • Language: English

When it comes to caring for children, no other resource better prepares you for practice than Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. Authored by Marilyn Hockenberry and David Wi… Read more

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When it comes to caring for children, no other resource better prepares you for practice than Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. Authored by Marilyn Hockenberry and David Wilson, two of the most well-known and respected names in the field, Wong’s features the most readable, up-to-date, and accurate content available. An abundance of full-color illustrations helps you visualize key concepts, and highlighted boxes and tables offer quick access to vital facts and information. Plus, when you buy this book, you get unlimited access to hands-on study tools that help you learn pediatric nursing essentials with ease!

Key features

  • Developmental approach
    •  clearly identifies key issues at each stage of a child’s growth to help you provide appropriate, individualized care for each child.

  • UNIQUE! Family focus

    •  includes a separate chapter on the role of the family in child health, family content throughout the text, and Family-Centered Care boxes that highlight information on patient teaching, home care, and incorporating the family in the child's care.

  • An emphasis on wellness

    •  offers health promotion and injury prevention strategies for each age group.

  • UNIQUE! Evidence-Based Practice boxes

    •  demonstrate how research is applied to nursing care in the clinical setting.

  • UNIQUE!
    •  Atraumatic Care boxes provide guidance for administering nursing care with minimal pain or stress to the child, family, and nurse.

Table of contents

Unit One: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse

  1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing
  2. Community-Based Nursing Care of the Child and Family
  3. Family Influences on Child Health Promotion
  4. Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion
  5. Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion

Unit Two: Assessment of the Child and Family

  1. Communication, History, and Physical Assessment of the Child
  2. Pain Assessment and Management in Children

Unit Three: The Newborn

  1. Health Promotion of the Newborn and Family
  2. Health Problems of Newborns

Unit Four: Infancy

  1. Health Promotion of the Infant and Family
  2. Health Problems of Infants

Unit Five: Early Childhood

  1. Health Promotion of the Toddler and Family
  2. Health Promotion of the Preschooler and Family
  3. Health Problems of Toddlers and Preschoolers

Unit Six: Middle Childhood and Adolescence

  1. Health Promotion of the School-Age Child and Family
  2. Health Promotion of the Adolescent and Family
  3. Health Problems of School-Age Children and Adolescents

Unit Seven: The Child and Family with Special Needs

  1. Quality of Life for Children Living with Chronic or Complex Diseases
  2. Impact of Cognitive or Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family
  3. Family-Centered Home Care

Unit Eight: Impact of Hospitalization on the Child and Family

  1. Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization
  2. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions

Unit Nine: The Child with Problems Related to the Transfer of Oxygen and Nutrients

  1. The Child with Respiratory Dysfunction
  2. The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

Unit Ten: The Child with Problems Related to the Production and Circulation of Blood

  1. The Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction
  2. The Child with Hematologic or Immunologic Dysfunction

Unit Eleven: The Child With a Disturbance of Regulatory Mechanisms

  1. The Child with Genitourinary Dysfunction
  2. The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction
  3. The Child with Endocrine Dysfunction
  4. The Child with Integumentary Dysfunction

Unit Twelve: The Child with a Problem that Interferes with Physical Mobility

  1. The Child with Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction
  2. The Child with Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction

Appendixes

A. Growth Measurements

B. Common Laboratory Tests

C. Translations of Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale

D. Spanish-English Translations

Review quotes

Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing continues to be a core text book that every children’s nursing student should have at their finger tips to compliment lecture notes and to assist them to integrate theory and practice. Each chapter has ‘nursing alerts’ and critical thinking exercises... It holds relevance for all children’s nurses and the usefulness of Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing continues long after completion of a programme in children’s nursing as a reference guide." Nurse Education in Practice, April 2009

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 25, 2012
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Marilyn J. Hockenberry

Marilyn J. Hockenberry is 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 Carolina.
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 Carolina, USA

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David Wilson

Affiliations and expertise
Staff, PALS Coordinator, Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa, OK, USA