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Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing
As the #1 title in the pediatric nursing market for over 40 years, Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 11th Edition continues to leverage its trademark developmental approach as it equips readers with the very latest research and guidelines for treating children today. The text utilizes a highly-readable writing style and encourages a whole-body approach - beginning with child development and health promotion to better understand the later chapters on specific health problems. This new eleventh edition also features Next Generation NCLEX(R)-style case studies and questions, a new chapter covering all systems cancers, additional case studies within the nursing care plans, and updated and expanded evidence-based content throughout to best reflect the latest standards and trends impacting pediatric nursing care today.
Developmental approach clearly identifies developmental tasks and influences at each stage of a child's growth.
Emphasis on wellness features health promotion chapters for each developmental stage of childhood.
Critical thinking case studies with answers are found throughout the text.
Quality patient outcomes are highlighted within nursing management discussions for major diseases and disorders.
Drug alerts draw attention to potential safety issues, reflecting QSEN safety initiative.
Family focus includes a separate family chapter as well as family content and Family-Centered Care boxes integrated throughout the text.
Community Focus boxes provide resources and guidance on caring for children outside the clinical setting.
Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus attention on the application of research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.
Chapter on complementary & alternative therapy cover timely topics to aid in providing complete, comprehensive care.
Nursing care plans provide a model for planning patient care and include rationales that provide the why.
Research Focus boxes highlight current studies that impact pediatric nursing today.
Cultural content and Cultural Considerations boxes are integrated throughout the text to draw attention to customs and beliefs of different cultures that influence childcare.
Atraumatic Care boxes contain techniques for care that minimize pain, discomfort, or stress.
Nursing tips offer helpful hints and practical, clinical information of a non-emergency nature.
Nursing alerts feature critical information that MUST BE considered in providing care.
Emergency Treatment sections provide a quick reference in critical situations.
Nursing care guidelines provide clear, step-by-step instructions for performing specific skills or procedures.
NEW! Next Generation NCLEX(R)-style case studies and questions are included in the text and on the companion Evolve website.
NEW! Pediatric Quality Indicator boxes present a bigger picture of hospitals and how they look at quality and safety.
NEW! Applying Evidence to Practice boxes outline up-to-date procedures to reinforce best practices.
NEW! Concept lists have been added to the beginning of chapters to aid programs using a concept-based curriculum.
NEW! Separate chapter on cancer focuses on best-practices within this specialized area of pediatric care.
NEW! Expanded information on the Zika virus ensures you are grounded in the latest evidence-based information.
NEW! Updated genetics content keeps you up to date in this always evolving area of medicine.
NEW! Expanded content on the different roles in pediatric nursing reflect nursing responsibilities and the most common pediatric nursing subsets utilized in practice today.
UPDATED! Content on autism spectrum disorders has been updated to keep you in the know on the latest practice standards used in this rapidly expanding area of pediatric care.
NEW! Information on Narcan reinforces how to properly apply the injection.
UPDATED! Translating Evidence into Practice boxes have been updated to focus attention on application of both research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.
Developmental approach clearly identifies developmental tasks and influences at each stage of a child's growth.
Emphasis on wellness features health promotion chapters for each developmental stage of childhood.
Critical thinking case studies with answers are found throughout the text.
Quality patient outcomes are highlighted within nursing management discussions for major diseases and disorders.
Drug alerts draw attention to potential safety issues, reflecting QSEN safety initiative.
Family focus includes a separate family chapter as well as family content and Family-Centered Care boxes integrated throughout the text.
Community Focus boxes provide resources and guidance on caring for children outside the clinical setting.
Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus attention on the application of research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.
Chapter on complementary & alternative therapy cover timely topics to aid in providing complete, comprehensive care.
Nursing care plans provide a model for planning patient care and include rationales that provide the why.
Research Focus boxes highlight current studies that impact pediatric nursing today.
Cultural content and Cultural Considerations boxes are integrated throughout the text to draw attention to customs and beliefs of different cultures that influence childcare.
Atraumatic Care boxes contain techniques for care that minimize pain, discomfort, or stress.
Nursing tips offer helpful hints and practical, clinical information of a non-emergency nature.
Nursing alerts feature critical information that MUST BE considered in providing care.
Emergency Treatment sections provide a quick reference in critical situations.
Nursing care guidelines provide clear, step-by-step instructions for performing specific skills or procedures.
NEW! Next Generation NCLEX(R)-style case studies and questions are included in the text and on the companion Evolve website.
NEW! Pediatric Quality Indicator boxes present a bigger picture of hospitals and how they look at quality and safety.
NEW! Applying Evidence to Practice boxes outline up-to-date procedures to reinforce best practices.
NEW! Concept lists have been added to the beginning of chapters to aid programs using a concept-based curriculum.
NEW! Separate chapter on cancer focuses on best-practices within this specialized area of pediatric care.
NEW! Expanded information on the Zika virus ensures you are grounded in the latest evidence-based information.
NEW! Updated genetics content keeps you up to date in this always evolving area of medicine.
NEW! Expanded content on the different roles in pediatric nursing reflect nursing responsibilities and the most common pediatric nursing subsets utilized in practice today.
UPDATED! Content on autism spectrum disorders has been updated to keep you in the know on the latest practice standards used in this rapidly expanding area of pediatric care.
NEW! Information on Narcan reinforces how to properly apply the injection.
UPDATED! Translating Evidence into Practice boxes have been updated to focus attention on application of both research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.
1168 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
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December 10, 2015
I agree with a couple of other reviewers in that this gives a somewhat superficial overview of pediatric nursing. The charts, graphs, and tables are wonderful but if you're digging for pathophysiology or pharmacology relevant to a disease process, this is not the place to look. Great for my 8 week crash course, but if I were to choose pediatric nursing as my future, I would look somewhere else.
December 4, 2023
Mid dont read it
August 14, 2009
Clear and easy to understand, but information is pretty superficial. If want detailed info regarding pathophysiology or treatment modalities, you'll have to look elsewhere. It does a great job, though, of sensitively discussing the deep psychosocial impact of child's illness, injury and/or death on the entire family.
June 7, 2020
thanks latoya rawlins for another terrible mandatory read
April 11, 2013
This book is NOT a great resource for childhood infections, diseases, or specific information. I couldn't use it for a reference on any care plan, because it really isn't specific enough with rationales or theory.
Good introduction to the mentality needed to work pediatrics, though, which is probably great for nurses in the field. Not as helpful to students who really need a valuable resource for information that is conscise and clear, but a decent start to perspectives in pediatrics.
Good introduction to the mentality needed to work pediatrics, though, which is probably great for nurses in the field. Not as helpful to students who really need a valuable resource for information that is conscise and clear, but a decent start to perspectives in pediatrics.
December 12, 2019
This book.. It's .. no wait. Let me go back and make it one star. There we go. This book.
If I learned anything from it, it was in spite of the authors who, I am telling you, must have had a thesaurus open when they were writing. Every time they could, they used a word just slightly more technical than the rest of the writing. Without access to the internet, I wouldn't have known what was going on. I'm not a professional, yet, but I have been attending related courses for several years, now. Even if my personal vocabulary was inadequate, I find it frustrating to have to refer to wikipedia to get answers when the book could just as easily do so.
Further, they would introduce diseases by acronyms that it would not define for multiple paragraphs. This would almost always send me back, searching for where the term had been explained prior to its actual introduction. I'm not entirely certain many of the abbreviations used were actual 'official' or if they just didn't feel like typing out the disease name more than once.
Somehow, even with all of this, it was incredibly repetitive. I kept thinking I'd already read something only to find that it repeated itself. In one notable instance, it used the same sentence twice in one paragraph (with one sentence in between). This book cost quite a bit of money. It would be nice if by the 9th edition it had experienced more thorough editing.
All in all? I'm glad I'm not using this book to learn from, any longer. I recommend you seek elsewhere, if at all possible.
If I learned anything from it, it was in spite of the authors who, I am telling you, must have had a thesaurus open when they were writing. Every time they could, they used a word just slightly more technical than the rest of the writing. Without access to the internet, I wouldn't have known what was going on. I'm not a professional, yet, but I have been attending related courses for several years, now. Even if my personal vocabulary was inadequate, I find it frustrating to have to refer to wikipedia to get answers when the book could just as easily do so.
Further, they would introduce diseases by acronyms that it would not define for multiple paragraphs. This would almost always send me back, searching for where the term had been explained prior to its actual introduction. I'm not entirely certain many of the abbreviations used were actual 'official' or if they just didn't feel like typing out the disease name more than once.
Somehow, even with all of this, it was incredibly repetitive. I kept thinking I'd already read something only to find that it repeated itself. In one notable instance, it used the same sentence twice in one paragraph (with one sentence in between). This book cost quite a bit of money. It would be nice if by the 9th edition it had experienced more thorough editing.
All in all? I'm glad I'm not using this book to learn from, any longer. I recommend you seek elsewhere, if at all possible.
December 15, 2008
A really great source for pathophys of children's illnesses and diseases, as well as info on family-centered care and child development. I will keep it!
November 4, 2008
This book was ok, it is a textbook after all. Pediatrics was difficult, short course, and lots of differences because of age.
September 9, 2014
Extremely informative. I've been using quite often during my clinical placement.
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February 19, 2013I dont like reading school books.
May 3, 2016
I loved my Pediatric rotation! The book gave me a good foundation for what I was learning, but it is a bit outdated.
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