Pediatric Nursing Care: A Concept-Based Approach

Description

Pediatric Nursing Care: A Concept-Based Approach teaches undergraduate nursing students the need to know information for working in a pediatric nursing environment. The text has a strong focus on patient safety and QSEN competencies as well as the Family Centered Care Theory. This pediatric-focused text emphasizes communication and interdisciplinary team work, provides family education guidelines, questions for soliciting health history and employs a concept-based approach to the content. This text is differentiated from others through its unique approach to family dynamics including constellation, culture and religious influences to pediatric treatment.

Key Features

• Evolving case studies per chapter
• Concept-based exercises
• Critical thinking clinical exercises
• Research tips and facts
• Emphasis on unique aspects of family dynamics
• Practice-centered case studies drawn from clinical experience
• Pharmacological “Must Know” tips provide link between content and drug safety
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Table of Contents

1. Unit  I  Overview of Pediatric Nursing Care
   1. Chapter  1  Introduction to Children’s Health Care
   2. Chapter  2  Care Across Clinical Settings
2. Unit  II  Safety in Caring for Children and Families
   1. Chapter  3  Essential Safety Models
3. Unit  III  Models of Care
   1. Chapter  4  Cultural and Religious Influences to Care
   2. Chapter  5  Working and Communicating with an Interdisciplinary Team
4. Unit  IV  Developmentally Focused Care and Developmental Milestones
   1. Chapter  6  Caring for Neonates and Infants
   2. Chapter  7  Caring for Toddlers
   3. Chapter  8  Caring for Preschoolers
   4. Chapter  9  Caring for School-Age Children
   5. Chapter  10  Caring for Adolescents
   6. Chapter  11  Symptom Management Across Childhood
5. Unit  V  Caring for Families in Need
   1. Chapter  12  Caring for Families Under Stress
   2. Chapter  13  Caring for an Abused Child
6. Unit  VI  Concept-Based Care in Pediatrics
   1. Chapter  14  Gastrointestinal Elimination
   2. Chapter  15  Metabolism
   3. Chapter  16  Gas Exchange and Oxygenation
   4. Chapter  17  Skin Integrity
   5. Chapter  18  Cellular Regulation
   6. Chapter  19  Cardiovascular Perfusion
   7. Chapter  20  Sensory Perceptions: Impairments and Disorders
   8. Chapter  21  Intracranial Regulation
   9. Chapter  22  Genitourinary Elimination
   10. Chapter  23  Mobility
   11. Chapter  24  Cognition and Mental Health
   12. Chapter  25  Immune System Disorders
   13. Chapter  26  Infection and Communicable Diseases in Childhood
7. Unit  VII  Implementing Principles of Safe Care
   1. Chapter  27  Essential Skills for Pediatric Nursing
   2. Chapter  28  Safe and Legal Aspects of Care
   3. Chapter  29  Care of the Acutely Ill or Critically Ill Child
   4. Chapter  30  The Dying Child

Author Biography

Luanne Linnard-Palmer, RN, MSN, EdD, CPN – Professor of Nursing, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, Pediatric Oncology Nurse Coordinator, Stanford University, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California, Pediatric Staff Nurse, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California

Dr. Luanne Linnard-Palmer RN CPN has been a nurse for over 31 years. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Humboldt State University, her MSN at University of San Francisco School of Nursing and her Ed.D at University of San Francisco, School of Education. She obtained a post doctorate from University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) in the Department of Family Health Nursing under the direction of Dr. Susan Kools. Dr. Linnard-Palmer is a tenured professor at Dominican University of California in Marin County teaching pediatrics, research and pharmacology. She continues her clinical practice as a pediatric oncology nurse coordinator for Stanford University, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and pediatric staff nurse at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Linnard-Palmer’s program of research centers around safety, medication and medical error reduction, illumination of Power Distance, simulation safety education and cultural/religious influences to medical treatment refusal or limitation in pediatric health care. Dr. Linnard-Palmer enjoys accompanying her students abroad to discover how health care is administered in various countries including Costa Rica, Spain and Uganda.