Textbook of Child Health Nursing

Child health nursing is one of the sensitive fields in which professional nursing students need to develop sound knowledge and exhaustive training in clinical skills in caring for children. Textbook of Child Health Nursing is aimed to fulfill this need. The primary objective of this book is to prepare nurses who combine the highest level of scientific knowledge and technological skills with responsible caring practice.

Key Features :

• Prepared according to the syllabus of Indian Nursing Council for both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students.
• Divided into 5 Sections, further into 27 chapters, such as Section 1: Current Trends and Issues in Child Health Nursing, Section 2: IMNCI Strategy, Section 3: Health Deviations, Section 4: Care of Newborn and Critically Ill Child, Section 5: Behavioral and Social Pediatrics.
• Chapters 10-21 focus on health deviations. Chapters are arranged according to system-wise approach. Each system follows a similar format in order to facilitate presentation of the information as well as reduce repetition. The chapter begins with presentation of differences in children, nursing process overview applicable to children, common laboratory and diagnostic tests for each system, drug guide about commonly used drugs for each system. Individual disorders are addressed with pathophysiology, nursing assessment, nursing management and special considerations. Common pediatric disorders are covered in greater depth than less common disorders.
• Chapters illustrated with figures wherever necessary.
• Serves as a reference book for the practicing nurses.
• Nursing educators will find it easy to teach their students and prepare them for the examinations.