Clinical Skills Manual for Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children

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ISBN-13: 9780136135548
ISBN-10: 0136135544
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
Pub Date: 04/2007
Edition Number: 4

Synopsis

This portable reference to step-by-step pediatric nursing procedures guides the reader through 129 pediatric skills using full-color photographs and rationales. Coverage includes physical assessment, special pain management techniques, cardiorespiratory care, administration of medications (including intravenous access), and other information useful to nurses in the clincal setting.

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Table of Contents

1 Protective methods

2 Informed consent

3 Newborn

4 Positioning and restraining therapies

5 Transporting the child

6 Physical assessment

7 Specime n collection

8 Administration of medication and irrigations

9 Intravenous access

10 Pain assessment and management

11 Cardiorespiratory care

12 Nutrition

13 Elimination

14 Skin and musculoskeletal care

Appendix A: Physical growth charts

Appendix B: Blood pressure values by age, sex, and height percentiles

Appendix C: West nomogram–body surface area