Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice by Susan R. James, Jean Ashwill, Catherine Jackson (Editor)

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Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice provides numerous student-friendly features to help you navigate through difficult concepts to gain understanding with ease. The text emphasizes a community focus while teaching growth & development and major body system alterations information needed by pediatric nurses.

• Student-friendly writing style makes material more accessible.
• Pathophysiology boxes illustrate how disease conditions develop to provide a scientific basis for understanding the nursing care of an illness.
• Clinical Reference sections review basic anatomy and physiology, discuss pediatric differences, describe common diagnostics tests, and list commonly prescribed medications.
• Want to Know boxes assist with instructing parents and children about self-care in the home and follow-up care in community-based health care settings.
• Photo Stories visually depict various nursing roles in diverse care settings.
• Communication Cues suggest effective ways for nurses to facilitate understanding and elicit necessary information in exchanges with the child and/or parent.
• Critical to Remember boxes identify practices required to deliver safe care.
• Critical Thinking Exercises apply learning to practice via case study scenarios.
• Drug Guides provide quick reference on the pediatric uses and nursing implications of specific drugs.
• Procedure boxes outline step-by-step instructions for common nursing tasks.
• Health Promotion boxes emphasize a wellness approach and pediatric health priorities based on AAP recommendations.

• Companion CD-ROM enclosed with the text provides an integrative, comprehensive approach to textbookprinciples through pediatric assessment video clips, animations, an audio glossary including Spanish pronunciations, and NCLEX™ review questions.
• Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you understand how to research and determine proper care and procedures.
• Beautiful full-color illustrations provide realistic, visually appealing interpretations of pediatric nursing in action.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Lisa C Corso, BSN (University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center)
Description:This is an update of a general pediatric nursing textbook previously published in 2002.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide the nursing skills and knowledge needed to care for a spectrum of pediatric healthcare problems. A comprehensive pediatric nursing textbook will always be necessary for nursing programs, and this book meets that need.
Audience:The authors state that the book is written in easy to read terms to accommodate students for whom English is a second language, and that it is geared toward shorter, focused nursing courses. However, I did not find the language very different from other textbooks for nursing students, although there are some additional explanations. S. R. James is associate professor in nursing and J. W. Ashwill is director of undergrad services at University of Texas Arlington School of Nursing.
Features:The book covers normal growth and development, special considerations for working with pediatrics, and nursing care of children with body system alterations. Each section includes highlights, important information for parents/families, care plans, and a reference/reading list. Illustrations and color pictures are used effectively. The tables that spell out the differences between pediatric and adult pathophysiology, and the Critical to Remember boxes are very useful. The CD that comes with the book contains video clips, animations, and NCLEX review questions to round out the material. The video clips are very basic, but the animations provide useful visual explanations of concepts andconditions.
Assessment:Another major textbook in this area, Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 8th edition, Hockenberry and Wilson (Elsevier, 2007) , has more in-depth pathophysiology along with a more conceptual focus. The authors of this book have expanded the legal, ethical, and cultural sections, and include more information focusing on caring for pediatric clients in community settings. They also include occasional sections that focus on using research to improve practice, which may help demonstrate how to use evidence in practice. Given that the previous version is five years old, this update is justified.

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