Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Child health promotion and maintenance: Children, their families, and the nurse: Perspectives of pediatric nursing -- Social, cultural, and religious influences on child health promotion -- Family influences on child health promotion -- Growth and development of children -- Hereditary influences on health promotion of the child and family -- Assessment of the child and family: Communication and health assessment of the child and family -- Physical and developmental assessment of the child -- The newborn: Health promotion of the newborn and family -- Health problems of the newborn -- The high-risk newborn and family -- Conditions caused by defects in physical development -- Infancy: Health promotion of the infant and family -- Health problems during infancy -- Early childhood: Health promotion of the toddler and family -- Health promotion of the preschooler and family -- Health problems of early childhood -- Middle childhood: Health promotion of the school-age child and family -- health problems of middle childhood -- Adolescence: Health promotion of the adolescent and family -- Physical health problems of adolescence -- Behavioral health problems of adolescence -- The child and family with special needs: Impact of chronic illness or disability on the child and family -- Impact of life-threatening illness on the child and family -- The child with cognitive impairment -- The child with sensory or communication impairment -- Nursing care of the ill or hospitalized child: Impact of hospitalization on the child and family: Reaction of the child and family to illness and hospitalization -- Pediatric variations of nursing interventions -- The child with disturbance of fluid and electrolytes: Balance and imbalance of body fluids -- Conditions that produce fluid and electrolyte imbalance -- The child with genitourinary dysfunction -- The child with problems related to transfer of oxygen and nutrients: The child with disturbance of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange -- The child with respiratory dysfunction -- The child with gastrointestinal dysfunction -- The child with problems related to the production and circulation of blood: The child with cardiovascular dysfunction -- The child with hematologic or immunologic dysfunction -- The child with a disturbance of regulatory mechanisms: The child with cancer -- The child with cerebral dysfunction -- The child with endocrine dysfunction -- The child with a problem that interferes with physical mobility: The child with musculoskeletal or articular dysfunction -- The child with neuromuscular dysfunction.