Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses: Practice Guidelines for Nurses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781284248302)

Awarded third place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Child Health category! Pediatric Primary Care Practice: Guidelines for Nurses, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive resource for well-child management and acute care management of childhood illnesses in a primary care setting. Written by practicing experts, this text is intended for advanced practice nursing students as a quick reference guide once they enter clinical practice. To manage initial and follow-up visits, the Fifth Edition features templates for gathering first visit history, as well as a template to record new information since the last visit. Instructions for gathering medical history information are also included. The Fifth Edition is divided into two sections. The first section covers well-child care and includes new patient intake with a family, well-child visits, and normal growth and development. The second section covers common childhood disorders in each system of the body. It is organized by body system and presents common medical conditions, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and patient/family education.

Author: Beth Richardson
ISBN-10: 1284248305
ISBN-13: 9781284248302
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2022
Pages: 700
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.80w x 1.60d