WONG´S NURSING CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. 12TH EDITION

Section I: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse
1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing
2. Social, Cultural, Religious, and Family Influences on Child Health Promotion
3. Hereditary Influences on Health Promotion of the Child and Family
Section II: Childhood and Family Assessment
4. Communication, Physical, and Developmental Assessment of the Child and Family
5. Pain in Children: Significance, Assessment, and Management Strategies
6. Childhood Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Section III: Family-Centered Care of the Newborn
7. Health Promotion of the Newborn and Family
8. Health Problems of the Newborn
9. The High-Risk Newborn and Family
Section IV: Family-Centered Care of the Infant
10. Health Promotion of the Infant and Family
11. Health Problems of the Infant
Section V: Family-Centered Care of the Toddler and Preschooler
12. Health Promotion of the Toddler and Family
13. Health Promotion of the Preschooler and Family
14. Health Problems of Early Childhood
Section VI: Family-Centered Care of the School-Age Child
15. Health Promotion of the School-Age Child and Family
16. Health Problems of the School-Age Child
Section VII: Family-Centered Care of the Adolescent
17. Health Promotion of the Adolescent and Family
18. Health Problems of the Adolescent
Section VIII: Family-Centered Care of the Child with Special Needs
19. Impact of Chronic Illness, Disability, or End of Life Care for the Child and Family
20. The Child with Cognitive, Sensory, or Communication Impairment
Section IX: The Child Who is Hospitalized
21. Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization
22. Pediatric Nursing Interventions and Skills
Section X: Childhood Nutrition and Elimination Problems
23. The Child with Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance
24. The Child with Renal Dysfunction
25. The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
Section XI: Childhood Oxygenation Problems
26. The Child with Respiratory Dysfunction
Section XII: Childhood Blood Production and Circulation Problems
27. The Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction
28. The Child with Hematologic or Immunologic Dysfunction
Section XIII: Childhood Regulatory Problems
29. The Child with Cancer
30. The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction
31. The Child with Endocrine Dysfunction
Section XIV: Childhood Physical Mobility Problems
32. The Child with Integumentary Dysfunction
33. The Child with Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction
34. The Child with Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction

Prepare to give pediatric patients the specialized care they deserve with the leading text in pediatric nursing. Written by pediatric experts, Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 11th Edition takes a unique, easy-to-follow developmental approach to describe the care of children at each age and stage of development. This longtime bestseller provides an evidence-based, clinical perspective that shows how the quality of nursing care can impact quality patient outcomes. Childhood diseases and disorders are organized by age groups and body systems and explained through the nursing process framework. This edition features completely updated and reorganized chapters that present content in a clear, easy-to-understand way. New Quality Indicator boxes paint a bigger picture of hospitals and how they look at quality and safety.

Features:
• A focus on family-centered care emphasizes the role and influence of the family in health and illness with a separate chapter and Family-Centered Care boxes.
• Emergency Treatment boxes serve as a quick reference in critical situations.
• Pathophysiology Reviews explain complicated disease processes with illustrated summary boxes.
• Quality Patient Outcomes are discussed for major childhood diseases and disorders, showing how nursing care directly impacts patient outcomes.
• Nursing Tips include helpful hints and practical, clinical information.
• Critical Thinking Case Studies help you test and develop your own analytical skills.
• Cultural Considerations provide cultural tips from clinical experts.
• Nursing Care Plans provide models for planning patient care, with rationales explaining why specific nursing interventions have been chosen, and include nursing diagnoses, patient/family goals, nursing interventions/rationales, expected outcomes, and NIC and NOC guidelines.
• Nursing Care Guidelines offer clear, step-by-step, detailed instructions on performing specific skills or procedures.
• Translating Evidence into Practice and Applying Evidence to Practice boxes help you apply research to support, guide, and improve the outcomes of nursing care.
• Atraumatic Care boxes contain techniques for care that minimize pain, discomfort, or stress, and provide guidance for performing procedures in a caring manner.
• Community and Home Health Considerations boxes focus on wellness information and illness-related topics.
• Drug Alerts highlight important drug-related information for safe, appropriate care.
• Nursing Alerts provides critical information that must be considered in providing care.
• Research Focus boxes emphasize research with concise reviews of important evidence.

New To This Edition:
• NEW! Quality Indicator boxes present a bigger picture of hospitals and how they look at quality and safety, or Pediatric Clinical Quality Measures.
• EXPANDED! Added emphasis on the impact of genetics and genomics on pediatric nursing care.
• NEW and UPDATED! New information on Zika virus and Rotavirus keeps you in the know.
• NEW! New section on Chiari malformation added to neurologic dysfunction chapter.
• NEW! Self-harm, GLBT, and e-cigarette content added to adolescent problems chapter.
• UPDATED! Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange information is now included throughout the text.
• EXPANDED! Updated accidental poisoning section now includes cleaning solutions and liquid from e-cigarettes.
• UPDATED! New Impact of Chronic Illness, Disability, or End of Life Care for the Child and Family chapter thoroughly combines two previous chapters.
• UPDATED! Integumentary dysfunction content now appears as chapter 32.
• UPDATED! Reorganized chapter on pain provides specific guidelines for pediatric pain assessment and management and focuses on common acute and chronic pain conditions and how to manage them.
• UPDATED! Human Papillomavirus content significantly updated.
• EXPANDED and UPDATED! Disorders with behavioral components section significantly expanded.
• UPDATED! Updated influenza, RSV, and acute lung injury section in respiratory chapter.
• UPDATED! Childhood cancer survivor section has significant updates.

Authors
• Marilyn J. Hockenberry, PhD, RN-CS, PNP, FAAN, Bessie Baker Distinguished Professor of Nursing Professor of Pediatrics Chair, Duke Institutional Review Board Duke University Durham, NC.
• David Wilson, MS, RN, C(INC), Staff PALS Coordinator Children's Hospital at Saint Francis Tulsa, OK