Broadribb's introductory pediatric nursing / Nancy T. Hatfield

Includes index.

The nurse's role in a changing child health care environment -- Family-centered and community-based pediatric nursing -- Assessment of the child (data collection) -- Care of the hospitalized child -- Procedures and treatments -- Medication administration and intravenous therapy -- The child with a chronic health problem -- Abuse in the family -- The dying child -- Nursing assessment of newborn transition -- Newborn nutrition -- The normal newborn -- The newborn with gestational or acquired disorder -- The newborn with congenital disorder -- Principles of growth and development -- Growth and development of the infant: 28 days to 1 year -- The infant with a major illness -- Growth and development of the toddler: 1 to 3 years -- The toddler with a major illness -- Growth and development of the preschool child: 3 to 6 years -- The preschool child with a major illness -- Growth and development of the school-age child: 6 to 10 years -- The school-age child with a major illness -- Growth and development of the adolescent: 11 to 18 years -- The adolescent with a major illness