Child Health Care
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-397-54728-9 (ISBN)
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"Child Health Care - Process and Practice" is a text that was developed and written to present students with the essential content for paediatric nursing. This family-centred text utilizes a strong nursing process framework which is consistently applied for each chapter within a unit. Unit 1 discusses the essential concepts in child health care, including chapters on family and cultural considerations and legal, moral, and ethical issues. Unit 2 presents the child health nursing process, with a chapter devoted to each of the five steps of the nursing process. A case study is developed through the coruse of these five steps, with each chapter adding another step to the care plan. Unit 3 discusses growth, development, and health, from conception through adolescence. This discussion of normal growth and development of the foetus is unique to this text. These chapters also cover common problems associated with each age group. Unit 4 consists of six chapters which address special considerations in child health nursing, such as hospitalization, home care, and the effects of substance abuse on children and families, as well as dying and death.
Unit 5 discusses the health problems of children and adolescents. the 13 chapters separate the alterations by body systems, and each contains a care plan for a common ailment related to that system. An instructor's manual, study guide and a computerized test bank are also available.
Part 1 Essential concepts and influences in child health care: contemporary concepts on child health care; family and cultural considerations in child health care; legal, moral and ethical issues in child health care; developing a framework for growth and development. Part 2 The child health nursing process: assessment of the child and family; nursing diagnosis in child health care; planning nursing care in child health nursing; nursing interventions in child health care; evaluating child health nursing care. Part 3 Growth, development and health - conception through adolescence: prenatal growth, development and health; newborn growth, development and health; infant growth, development and health; toddler growth, development and health; preschool growth, development and health; school-age growth, development and health; adolescent growth, development and health. Part 4 Special considerations in child health nursing: effects of hospitalization on children and families; nursing care of children in the home; care of children with infectious diseases; care of children with disabling conditions; effects of substance abuse on children and families; children's experiences with dying, death and bereavement. Part 5 Health problems of children and adolescents: alterations in respiratory function; alterations in cardiovascular function; alterations in haematologic function; alterations in neurological function; alterations in immune function; alterations in fluid and electrolyte balance; alterations in gastrointestinal function; alterations in renal function; alterations in reproductive function; alterations in endocrine function; alterations in musculoskeletal function; alterations in integumentary function; alterations in sensory function.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1992 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 371 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 2590 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-397-54728-5 / 0397547285 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-397-54728-9 / 9780397547289 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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