Child and family : concepts of nursing practice / Majorie J. Smith . . . [et al]

Includes Index

Content
Part One . Maintenance and promotion of child health.
Chapter 1. Conceptual framework
Chapter 2. The family: a dynamic open system
Chapter 3. Family Structure
Chapter 4. History of child health care
Chapter 5. The Nursing Process in child health care
Chapter 6. Child health maintenance
Chapter 7. Principles of growth and development
Chapter 8. Human Genetics
Chapter 9. Prenatal development
Chapter 10. The Neonate
Chapter 11. The Infant
Chapter 12. The Toddler
Chapter 13. The Presschooler
Chapter 14. The School age child
Chapter 15. The Adolescent

Part Two. Impact of illness on the child, the family and the nurse
Chapter 16. Effects of hospitalization on the child and the family
Chapter 17. Basic needs of the hospitalized child
Chapter 18. Legal, ethical and moral considerations in pediatric nursing.
Chapter 19. Nursing care of the high-risk infant
Chapter 20. Emergency room
Chapter 21. The chronically ill child
Chapter 22. The terminally ill child

Part three. Alteration in child health
Chapter 23. Nutrition
Chapter 24. Fluid and electrolyte balance
Chapter 25. Oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange
Chapter 26. Cardiovascular function
Chapter 27. Hematologic function
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