Absorb the vital principles, interventions, and strategies of family-centered pediatric care, with the newly updated Pediatric Nursing Procedures, Fourth edition. Emphasizing interdisciplinary teamwork, this irreplaceable how-to offers clear direction on more than 120 pediatric procedures, all based on current research and international best practices. All procedures address community care settings, with a focus on school and home nursing issues. This is the perfect clinical guidebook for nurses delivering care to children in any health care setting, and a vital text for all nursing students. This step-by-step guide covers a broad range of pediatric procedures.

Wash hands @ reduce transmission of microorganisms  Organize the equipment @ enhances efficiency and patient safety  Explain the procedure to the patient@ decreases patient anxiety  Prepare humidifier @ add distilled water if needed @delivers humidified oxygen to mucous membranes of airway  Turn oxygen flow meter on until bubbling is noted in humidifier @enusres connections are intact  Check order  Adjust flow of oxygen via flowmeter @ regulates oxygen flow delivery  Put on gloves  Place tips of cannula in patient’s nares, fit tubing over ears, tighten tubing under chin and adjust to popper fit. @ Ensures proper fit of nasal cannula.  Position patient for comfort and ease of breathing with head of bed elevated. @Facilitates lung expansion for adequate gas exchange.  Evaluate patient’s respirations and oxygen saturation Simple mask, Partial Rebreather Mask, non rebreather mask, Venturi Mask  Wash hands @ reduces transmission of microorganism

"This colorful skills atlas serves as a portable, quick reference for step-by-step pediatric nursing skills. The fifth edition of this valuable manual guides you through 129 skills using full-color photographs and rationales. This atlas also includes chapters on physical assessment, special pain management techniques, cardiorespiratory care, medication administration (including intravenous access), and other information useful to nurses in the clinical pediatric setting."--Back cover.

Using detailed, step-by-step guidelines, this comprehensive book covers procedures commonly performed by all nurses in pediatric critical care. Following the successful format of the AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 5th edition, this new resource focuses on the unique aspects of caring for infants and children. This easy-to-use guide includes the latest information, a strong evidence base, and a supporting rationale for each step of each procedure. Advanced Practice Skills are included throughout the text and are marked with a special AP icon indicating that these procedures should only be performed by qualified personnel. Evidence-based practice and research-based data are used to support the recommendations for each procedure. Each procedure follows a consistent, step-by-step format with rationales. Developmental differences are highlighted in special Procedure tables. This valuable, everyday resource is sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Each procedure is covered in a consistent structure: Purpose Prerequisite knowledge Child and family assessment Child and family education Equipment Procedure (with steps, rationale, and considerations) Expected and unexpected outcomes Monitoring and care of the child (with activities and interventions, rationale, and reportable conditions) Documentation

Edited by well-known and highly-regarded children’s nurse Linda Shields, Perioperative Care of the Child is an essential resource for any children’s nurse working in a perioperative setting and all student nurses on the child branch. This timely and valuable text provides comprehensive coverage of the essential skills and knowledge required by practitioners in order to deliver safe and effective perioperative nursing care for the child requiring surgery before, during and after any operation. Perioperative Care of the Child explores the role of the nurse in a wide variety of perioperative contexts, including anaesthetics, surgical procedures (including coverage of fetal surgery, endoscopic procedures and care of children with burns), paediatric transplantation, postoperative recovery, and pre- and post-hospital care. This essential resource benefits from an international perspective, with contributions from experienced and highly-specialised clinicians from around the world. Essential reading for children’s and perioperative nurses, and others who work in the perioperative area. Evidence-based, with clear links to nursing practice. Focuses on key skills and knowledge. Emphasises patient-centred care. Edited by an internationally-regarded children’s nurse.