Includes index.

Contents: Foundations of pediatric and family health care: the nurse's role in a changing child health care environment -- The family and child -- Community-based care of the child -- Care of the hospitalized child -- Assessment of the child (data collection) -- Procedures and treatments -- Medication administration and IV therapy -- Care of the newborn: The normal newborn -- Health problems of the newborn -- Care of the child: Growth and development of the infant: 28 days to 1 year -- Health problems of the infant -- growth and development of the toddler: 1 to 3 years -- Health problems of the toddler -- Growth and development of the preschool child: 3 to 6 years -- Health problems of the preschool child -- Growth and development of the school-age child: 6 to 10 years -- Health problems of the school-age child -- Growth and development of the adolescent: 11 to 18 years -- Health problems of the adolescent -- Care of the at-risk child: The child in a stressed family -- The child with a chronic health problem -- The dying child.