<p>**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Child Health, 2024**<br> <br> Put pediatric nursing guidelines, procedures, and reference data at your fingertips! <b>Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th Edition</b> 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, <b>Wong's Clinical Manual</b> includes an Evolve website with medication tables, photos, printable patient education sheets, and more.</p> <ul> <li><b>Complete, concise assessment data</b> is provided for general health, specific problems, nutrition, sleep, and growth and development</li> <li><b><i>Assessment and Management</i> unit</b> presents pain management strategies for the neonate, child, and adolescent</li> <li><b>Evidence-based interventions</b> include guidelines for treating pediatric patients and providing information to their families and caregivers</li> <li><b><i>Safety Alerts</i></b> <b>and <i>Drug Alerts</i></b> call attention to considerations - such as assessment data, risk factors, and danger signs - that could lead to a health emergency</li> <li><b><i>Atraumatic Care</i> boxes</b> cover therapeutic care through interventions that eliminate or minimize pain, discomfort, and stress</li> <li><b>Community focus</b> includes guidelines to interventions, patient teaching, and home care, along with <i>Community Focus</i> boxes throughout the book</li> <li><b>Vital reference data</b> appear inside the front and back covers for easy lookup</li> <li><b>Health promotion tables and charts</b> summarize nutrition, immunizations, safety and injury prevention, and parental guidance</li> <li><b>Full-color photos of dermatologic conditions</b> depict the pediatric skin problems most commonly seen in practice</li> <li><b>Patient teaching instructions on the Evolve website</b> allow you to print and hand out sets of easy-to-understand instructions to caregivers</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>NEW! Case studies with clinical reasoning/clinical judgment questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination</b> are added to this edition</li> <li><b>NEW! Updated vaccination schedules and pediatric guidelines</b> are included for asthma, blood pressure, car seats, and more</li> <li><b>NEW! Coverage of autism spectrum disorders</b> <b>and childhood obesity</b> is expanded</li> <li><b>NEW! Additional color illustrations</b> are included in the insert for the most common childhood skin disorders</li> <li><b>NEW! Updated content</b> includes <i>Evidence-Based Practice</i> boxes, screening charts, opioid treatment, drug calculations and safe dosage ranges, and safety information for home, private office, and outpatient settings</li> </ul>

Details

• Author: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Rosalind Bryant, Melody Brown Hellsten
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Published: 2023-08-11
• Edition: 9
• Pages: 384
• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: en

ISBN: 9780323754767