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.

- Extensively revised to reflect trends in pediatric nursing, up-to-date techniques, and current literature. - A new chapter on assessment of mental health addresses growing areas of concern including school phobia, ADHD, depression, suicide, anxiety, and schizophrenia. - New tables provide quick reference to common childhood symptoms (i.e., fever, diarrhea, vomiting). - Updated coverage of immunizations (U.S. and Canada) includes information regarding relevance and normal timing of immunizations as well as most current published tables. - Nursing diagnoses have been updated throughout.

A must-have for every nursing student! Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 9th Edition with 2012 Update, offers quick access to information on 50 drug classifications and more than 4,000 individual generic and trade name drugs. The newest NANDA-I nursing diagnoses help you write care plans; data on interactions and therapeutic outcomes help you prevent errors. Color illustrations show how drugs work at the cellular level, and a photo atlas depicts physical landmarks and techniques for safe and effective drug administration. Known for its focus on drug safety, this handbook is compiled by Linda Skidmore-Roth, a well-known expert in nursing pharmacology. It includes a CD with profiles of 60 drugs commonly encountered in clinicals, patient teaching guides, over 350 NCLEX® examination-style questions, 30 clinical calculators, and more. A companion website includes drug updates and the latest FDA safety alerts. Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name to allow for fast retrieval of needed information. Includes comprehensive drug monographs containing generic names, Rx or OTC designations, pronunciation, U.S. and Canadian trade names, functional and chemical classification, pregnancy category, controlled-substance schedule, do-not-confuse drugs, action, therapeutic outcome, uses, unlabeled uses, dosages and routes, available forms, adverse effects, contraindications, precautions, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, interactions (including drug/herb, drug/food and drug lab test), nursing considerations, and treatment of overdose. Provides concise, practice-oriented nursing considerations: assessment, nursing diagnoses, implementation, patient/family education, and evaluation. Highlights IV drug information in one easy-to-find place, under the Implementation heading, including special considerations and Y-site, syringe, and additive compatibilities. Identifies high alert drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm if administered incorrectly. Features a nursing alert icon identifying considerations that require special attention. Highlights common and life-threatening side effects for easy identification. Provides special Do Not Confuse headings so you can avoid administering the wrong drug. Includes Tall Man lettering as recommended by the FDA to distinguish easily confused drug names. Includes Therapeutic Outcome headings in monographs to encourage critical thinking and provide a focus for the plan of care. Offers 16 full-color illustrations that show mechanisms or sites of action for select drug classes and a full-color atlas of medication administration, including a review of Standard Precautions, to clearly depict key steps in safe and effective drug administration for various routes. Includes extensive interactions information for drug-to-drug, drug-to-drug category, drug-to-herb, drug-to-food, and lab test interferences. Features pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in chart form where appropriate for easy access to information. Uses a special CD icon to highlight key drugs whose information is located on the free companion CD. Includes a Drug Categories section with nursing diagnoses, generic drugs, and highlighted key drugs in each category. Offers a handy Safe Medication Administration Guide tear-out card in the back of the book that also includes a nomogram for calculation of body surface area. Designates Canadian brand names with a maple leaf. Offers a flexible, water-resistant cover for durability in the clinical setting. Includes a free mini CD detailing the 60 drugs most commonly encountered in clinicals, including full electronic profiles, patient teaching guides, and over 350 NCLEX® examination-style review questions. Also includes a calculation tutorial that provides calculations and conversions paired with practice problems and answers, a drug card creator that allows you to print your own drug information, and 30 clinical calculators. Includes free online updates with the latest FDA drug alerts, new drug monographs, tables of recently released drugs in the U.S., a listing of high-alert Canadian medications and controlled substances, English-to-Spanish translations, a comprehensive drug name safety reference, drug dosage calculators, and links to other drug-related websites. Includes monographs of 25 new drugs recently approved by the FDA. Provides Black Box Warnings with alerts to dangerous and/or life-threatening adverse effects. Presents thousands of new and updated drug facts, including doses, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions, and nursing considerations. Provides the newest NANDA-I nursing diagnoses -- vital to writing care plans. Now includes over 350 NCLEX® exam-style questions on the CD, covering 60 drugs commonly encountered in clinicals.

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

Take this pocket reference to clinicals on the job for quick access to nursing skills! Based on Perry & Potter's market-leading Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 7th Edition, Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures, 7th Edition presents 83 key skills in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos plus rationales explaining why to use specific techniques. With the latest in evidence-based practice, this book helps you perform basic nursing skills safely and effectively. Also available on Skyscape for use on any hand-held device! A clear, two-column format presents skills with rationales for each step explaining why to use specific techniques. A gloving logo identifies skills in which clean gloves should be worn or gloves should be changed in order to minimize the risk of infection. Safety alerts highlight important information for patient safety and effective performance of skills. Reporting and recording guidelines include a bulleted list of what should be documented in the patient records. Unexpected outcomes and related interventions help you troubleshoot potential problems and take appropriate actions to address them. Alphabetical organization of skills makes it easy to find information quickly. A convenient pocket size and spiral binding allow the book to fit easily into your coat pocket and to stay open on the page you want. New full-color design and illustrations help you follow step-by-step directions more easily. Completely updated content is based on Perry & Potter's market-leading text, Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 7th Edition, for the latest in evidence-based care.