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Complete, concise assessment data on general health, specific
problems, nutrition, sleep, and growth and development is easy to
access in the clinical setting.
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UNIQUE! Evidence-based interventions include guidelines for
treating pediatric patients and providing information to their
families and caregivers, with new interventions added on phototherapy
and asthma inhalers.
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UNIQUE! Safety Alerts highlight safety information throughout
the book.
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UNIQUE! Atraumatic Care boxes contain techniques for care that
minimize pain, discomfort, and stress.
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Nursing Care Plans include guidelines and examples for developing
care plans for patients, and a companion Evolve website allows you to
modify, customize, and print these care plans.
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UNIQUE! A community focus includes guidelines to interventions,
patient teaching, and home care, along with Community Focus boxes
throughout book.
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Tables and charts for health promotion summarize nutrition,
immunizations, safety and injury prevention, and parental guidance.
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Common laboratory test data is provided at your fingertips.
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UNIQUE! Modifiable Nursing Care Plans for 24 pediatric conditions
are included in the care plan constructor on the companion Evolve
website.
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UNIQUE! Patient teaching instructions on Evolve allow you to print
and disseminate sets of easy-to-understand instructions to caregivers,
with 15 translated into Spanish.
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NEW Pain Assessment and Management unit presents pain management
strategies for the neonate, child, and adolescent.
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NEW! Full-color photos of dermatologic conditions help you
diagnose the pediatric dermatologic problems most commonly seen in
practice.
