This product offers the health care provider an inexpensive means of access to a large variety of topics for patient teaching. The binder includes more than 180 individual guides, which can be copied and handed to children and their families. The guides are written for the patient and family at an appropriate level. Instructions are written clearly and simply in an easy-to-follow format. The topics cover explanations of specific diseases and disorders (including chronic conditions), diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical treatments, home care guidelines, and screening and health promotion information. The complete text is also available in a convenient CD format. * Provides easy access to patient education material, enabling the health care provider to copy and distribute guides to patients and their families as appropriate. * Includes guides for the most common pediatric diseases and disorders, giving the health care provider easy access to patient and family education information. * Stresses uncomplicated readability, increasing understanding for individuals with marginal literacy skills. * Provides illustrations for demonstrating various home care techniques such as using asthma inhalers and catheterization procedures to enhance patient understanding. * Features guides on health promotion and injury prevention, providing children and families with information for safe and healthy living.

POCKET GUIDE TO PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT offers a concise but comprehensive approach to health assessment for the pediatric client. It begins with a general description of history taking and includes approaches to children at various ages, nutritional assessment, and measurement and evaluation of vital signs. Emphasis is on "how to" information, including "how" and "what" to assess in each body system. Psychosocial, anatomical, and physiological development variations are incorporated as appropriate, as well as normal and abnormal findings. Concise, but comprehensive coverage is offered for pediatric health assessment. Includes physical, psychosocial, developmental, and home-based assessments. Information is presented in a practical, "how to" approach. Presents content in an outline format for clinical practicality. Includes the most recent information on immunizations for the U.S. and Canada. Extensively revised content reflects trends in pediatric nursing, up-to-date techniques, and currency in findings. New and expanded assessment material relates to headaches and cough. Content and strategies have been expanded for assessment of mental status, athletic injuries, nutrition, vital sign measurement, and substance abuse. Updated growth charts and immunization schedules are included. Spanish version of 2nd edition also available, ISBN: 84-8086-085-5

These individual patient teaching handouts are organized by general topic, with tabbed dividers for inludion in Mosby's Patient Teaching Guides binder. Simple line drawings are included to enhance instructions. Each new topic is condensed to fit on one page. It is shrink-wrapped with the binder or may be purchased separately.

Provide the best possible nursing care to children and their families, no matter what their condition. This one-of-a-kind resource equips you with detailed information on commonly encountered pediatric diseases, medical and surgical conditions, and disorders, with separate sections devoted to diagnostic tests, outpatient procedures, and surgeries. Its compact, A-to-Z format is designed for ease of use in busy settings - perfect for quick reference when working with patients! Portable size and straightforward, alphabetical organization are designed for quick, convenient, on-the-spot reference. Consistent format throughout lets you easily locate necessary information, including pathophysiology, incidence, clinical manifestations, complications, laboratory and diagnostic tests, medical or surgical management, nursing assessment, diagnoses, and interventions, discharge planning and home care instructions, client outcomes, and references. The book is divided into three main parts covering 87 medical and surgical conditions, 12 topics related to diagnosis and procedures, and 16 helpful appendices. New chapters address autism spectrum disorders, chronic lung disease of infancy, Type 2 Diabetes, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, overweight and childhood obesity, and Turner Syndrome. New appendices offer helpful information on mental health, non-accidental trauma, and palliative care. Updated charts and references in the appendices - specifically growth charts and immunization information - reflect current practice. Expanded content is provided on community resources.

The Complete, All-in-One Guide to the Care of the Pediatric Patient featuring coverage of organ system abnormalities of the pediatric population; extensive appendixes with growth charts, comparative tables, and more; routine health maintenance and preventive medicine; toxicologic and trauma emergencies and pediatric resuscitation; and behavioral and psychiatric disorders of the pediatric patient. All information is presented in an accessible format designed for quick reference. This handbook is a must for anyone engaged in the care of the pediatric patient.

This pocket-sized reference is ideal for use in clinicals, in class and at the bedside! A condensed version of the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 10th Edition, Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis, 4th edition uses a quick-access format to help you diagnose and formulate care plans with confidence and ease. It includes the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses based on more than 1,300 specific symptoms and a step-by-step guide to creating care plans featuring desired outcomes, interventions, and patient teaching. UNIQUE! Care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis, including pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, home care, client/family teaching and discharge planning, and safety interventions Alphabetical thumb tabs provide quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses Pocketsize portability makes this book easy to carry and use in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside NEW! 4 Color Text NEW! Updated 2012-2014 NANDA-I-approved nursing diagnoses NEW! 16 new and 22 revised diagnoses NEW! Added content on safety, one of QSEN's six competencies

Designed to be photocopied and given to patients or their caregivers to take home and use for self-care and health promotion tips. Written for patients in language they will understand.

Mosby's Pediatric Drug Consult is a portable drug handbook that includes all essential data pediatric nurses need for administering the most commonly-used generic and trade name drugs. Extensive pediatric considerations are presented for each drug in a concise, practice-oriented framework. The information for this comprehensive pediatric drug source is derived from the extensive database maintained for Mosby's Drug Consult, containing the most current drug information. Quarterly online drug updates are available on a companion website. Full monographs on the most commonly used drugs in pediatric practice Functional order of headings that follow a logical clinical progression Outstanding consultant team of pediatric and pharmaceutical experts Extensive pediatric considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework Detailed IV drug information for pediatric patients A quick reference with a listing and page references to commonly administered drugs Critical nursing considerations to identify situations that require special attention Functional two-color design that highlights key information for quick, easy reference Flexible, water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical setting Twenty full-color photographs of commonly prescribed medications to help in identifying drugs by their appearance Appendices include comparative drug charts, conversion tables, and other reference information. Free updates are available on a companion website.