Overview

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

This primary "essentials textbook" is intended specifically as the course text for the standard, increasingly shortened Pediatrics course in Associate Degree programs. The book covers those topics of importance that are addressed in ADN programs without providing the unnecessary detail that is seen in virtually all essentials pediatrics texts on the market today. A companion text by Susan Scott-Ricci--Essential Textbook of Women's Care, Newborn Care, and Women's Health Nursing--can serve as the text for the Maternity course in ADN programs.

Table of Contents

Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO PEDIATRIC NURSING
Chapter 1: Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing Chapter 2: Factors Influencing Child Health Chapter 3: Working with Families

Unit 2: HEALTH PROMOTION FOR THE GROWING CHILD AND FAMILY
Chapter 4: Growth and Development of the Newborn and Infant Chapter 5: Growth and Development of the Toddler Chapter 6: Growth and Development of the Preschooler Chapter 7: Growth and Development of the School-Age Child Chapter 8: Growth and Development of the Adolescent

Unit 3: FOUNDATIONS OF PEDIATRIC NURSING
Chapter 9: Health Supervision Chapter 10: Physical and Developmental Assessment Chapter 11: Nursing Care of the Hospitalized Child Chapter 12: Community and Home-Based Nursing Care Chapter 13: Nursing Care of the Child with Special Needs Chapter 14: Pediatric Variations in Nursing Procedures Chapter 15: Pain Management

Unit 4: NURSING CARE OF THE CHILD WITH A HEALTH DISORDER
Chapter 16: Nursing Care of the Child with an Infectious Disorder Chapter 17: Nursing Care of the Child with a Neurologic Disorder Chapter 18: Nursing Care of the Child with a Disorder of the Eyes or Ears Chapter 19: Nursing Care of the Child with a Respiratory Disorder Chapter 20: Nursing Care of the Child with a Cardiovascular Disorder Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Child with a Gastrointestinal Disorder Chapter 22: Nursing Care of the Child with a Genitourinary Disorder Chapter 23: Nursing Care of the Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder Chapter 24: Nursing Care of the Child with a Musculoskeletal Disorder Chapter 25:Nursing Care of the Child with an Integumentary Disorder Chapter 26: Nursing Care of the Child with a Hematological Disorder Chapter 27: Nursing Care of the Child with an Immunologic Disorder Chapter 28: Nursing Care of the Child with an Endocrine Disorder Chapter 29: Nursing Care of the Child with a Neoplastic Disorder Chapter 30: Nursing Care of the Child with a Genetic Disorder Chapter 31: Nursing Care of the Child with a Mental Health Disorder Chapter 32: Nursing Care of the Child During a Pediatric Emergency