Marlow's textbook of pediatric nursing / Dorothy R. Marlow and Barbara A. Redding

Contents:

Section I Introduction to the Family and Child Care
1. Perspectives on the Nurses Role in Child Care
2. The Nurses Role in the Care of Children
3. The Family
4. The Nursing Process in the Care of Children

Section II Assessment of Children
5. Physical Assessment
6. Growth and Development of Children
7. Nutrition, Fluids, and Electrolytes

Section III The Child and The Illness
8. Developmental Differences and Illness
9. The Ill Child and the Health Care System
10. Nursing Management of the Ill Child
11. Concepts of Illness: Acute, Chronic, and Life Threatening

Section IV The Neonate
12. The Neonate, the Family, and the Nurse
13. The High Risk Neonate
14. The Neonate Requiring Immediate or Short Term Care
15. The Neonate Requiring Long-Term Care

Section V The Infant
16. The Normal Infant: Growth, Development, and Care
17. The Infant Requiring Immediate or Short Term Care

Section VI The Toddler
18. The Infant Requiring Long Term Care
19. The Normal Toddler: Growth, Development, and Care
20. The Toddler Requiring Immediate or Short Term Care
21. The Toddler Requiring Long Term Care

Section VII The Preschool Child
22. The Normal Preschool Child: Growth, Development, and Care
23. The Preschool Child Requiring Immediate or Short Term Care
24. The Preschool Child Requiring Long Term Care

Section VIII the School Child
26. The School Child Requiring Immediate or Short Term Care
27. The School Child Requiring Long Term Care

Section IX the Pubescent and the Adolescent
28. The Normal Pubescent and Adolescent: Growth, Development, and Care
29. Health Concerns of the Pubescent and the Adolescent
30. The Adolescent Requiring Long Term Care

Includes bibliographical references and index.