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Maternity • Pediatrics
Children and Their Families:
The Continuum of Nursing Care, Third Edition
Vicky R. Bowden, DNSc, RN
978-1-4511-8786-1 • September 2013 • Hardbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1760 pp.
Succeed in your pediatric nursing course with
Children and Their
Families, Third Edition
! This bestselling text has already helped
thousands of students master the concepts and skills necessary for
effective practice in a variety of settings, from home to school to
medical center.
The book’s easy-to-understand presentation, striking visuals, and built-
in learning tools help you develop an understanding of the unique role
you’ll have in working with all members of the pediatric healthcare
system and equip you to make critical judgments and decisions in a
variety of settings across the continuum of care.
Features
• Broaden your understanding of the interrelated dynamics of
pediatric nursing care and make the leap from theory to practice,
through Progressive Case Studies that follow a community of
pediatric clients through each chapter.
• Learn to create and implement care plans through Nursing Plan of
Care features.
• Develop an understanding of important psychosocial, teaching,
physiologic, or pathophysiologic differences among children of
various age groups with handy Developmental Consideration charts.
• Prepare for effective practice with Care Paths that summarize the
interdisciplinary plan of care for a child with a specific condition and
include nursing diagnoses to alert the health care team to current or
potential issues that require intervention.
• Learn the skills you need for effective client/family education with
Teaching Intervention Plans (TIPs) that present interdisciplinary
plans focused on aspects of care involving child and/or family
education.
• Evaluate and improve your critical thinking skills with Clinical
Judgments features.
• Develop the skills you need to work with families in community
settings through Community Care Charts that present special
teachings and clinical information.
• Master important information through Nursing Intervention Charts
that provide a more in-depth description of particular nursing care
activities.
• Prepare for clinical practice with Nursing Diagnoses and Outcome
charts that summarize the nursing diagnoses and outcomes that
are consistently applicable to defined populations of children with
specific health challenges.
• Develop an understanding of how research informs pediatric
practice through Evidence-Based Practice boxes.
Table of Contents
Unit I:
Family-Centered Care
Throughout the Family Life Cycle
Ch. 1: The Child Developing Within the
Family
Ch. 2: Advocating for Children and Families
Ch. 3: Principles and Physiologic Basis of
Growth and Development
Ch. 4: Infancy (Newborn–11 Months)
Ch. 5: Early Childhood (1–4 Years)
Ch. 6: Middle Childhood (5–10 Years)
Ch. 7: Adolescence (11–21 Years)
Unit II:
Maintaining Health Across the
Continuum of Care
Ch. 8: Health Assessment and Well-Child
Care
Ch. 9: Pharmacologic Management
Ch. 10: Pain Management
Ch. 11: Acute Illness as a Challenge to
Health Maintenance
Ch. 12: Chronic Conditions as a Challenge
to Health Maintenance
Ch. 13: Palliative Care
Unit III:
Managing Health Challenges
Ch. 14: The Neonate With Altered Health
Status
Ch. 15: The Child with Altered
Cardiovascular Status
Ch. 16: The Child with Altered Respiratory
Status
Ch. 17: The Child With Altered Fluid and
Electrolyte Status
Ch. 18: The Child With Altered
Gastrointestinal Status
Ch. 19: The Child With Altered
Genitourinary Status
Ch. 20: The Child with Altered
Musculoskeletal Status
Ch. 21: The Child With Altered Neurologic
Status
Ch. 22: The Child With a Malignancy
Ch. 23: The Child With Altered Hematologic
Status
Ch. 24: The Child With an Infectious
Disease
… Abridged to fit