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A nurse's survival guide to children's nursing / Sharon L. Edwards, Imelda Coyne.

By: Edwards, Sharon, MSC [author.]Contributor(s): Coyne, Imelda [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Nurse's survival guidePublication details: Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier, 2019Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: xiv, 577 pages : 23 cm illustrations (some color)ISBN: 9780702079153Other title: Children's nursingUniform titles: A survival gudie to children's nursing Subject(s): Pediatric nursing | Pediatric nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Pediatric Nursing -- methods | Nursing Assessment | Nursing Care -- methods | Pediatric nursingGenre/Form: Handbook. | Handbooks and manuals. Additional physical formats: Print version:: A nurse's survival guide to children's nursingDDC classification: 23 LOC classification: RJ245NLM classification: 2019 I-156 | WY 49

Contents:

General principles of children's nursing. Introduction ; Health and safety ; Emergency care of a child ; Life threatening complications/outcomes -- Assessment and investigations of a child. Paediatric scoring systems ; Assessment of a child ; Haemodynamic monitoring of a child ; Diagnostic procedures -- Children's nursing interventions. General interventions ; Specific interventions ; Caring for a child with a variety of conditions ; Caring for a child in a variety of settings -- Common conditions in children and reasons for admission. General conditions in children: a systems approach ; Rare conditions observed in children ; Mental health conditions in children -- Psychosocial and ethical care. Professional and practice issues ; Psychosocial issues ; Palliative care of a child -- Drug administration. General aspects ; Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics ; Classification of drugs used in children ; Medication management.

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