Includes appendices and index.

Contents: Unit 1: Nurses, children and families: Nurse's role in care of the child: hospital, community settings and home -- Family-centered care: theory and application -- Cultural influences -- Genetic and genomic influences -- Unit II: Child concepts and application: Concepts of growth and development -- Child and family communication -- Pediatric and newborn assessment -- Infant, child and adolescent nutrition -- Unit III: Health promotion and health maintenance through childhood: Concepts of health promotion and health maintenance -- Health promotion and health maintenance of the newborn -- Health promotion and health maintenance of the infant -- Health promotion and health maintenance of the toddler and preschooler -- Health promotion and health maintenance of the school-age child -- Health promotion and health maintenance of the adolescent -- Unit IV: Child healthcare settings and considerations: Nursing care of the child in the community -- Nursing care of the hospitalized child -- Pain assessment and management -- Unit V: Health conditions: episodic to end-of-life: Social and environmental influences on the child and adolescent -- Immunizations and communicable diseases -- Nursing care of the child with chronic condition -- Nursing care of the child with a life-threatening illness or injury -- End-of-life care and bereavement -- Unit VI: Nursing care of specific health conditions: Alterations in fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance -- Alterations in eye, ear, nose and throat function -- Alterations in respiratory function -- Alterations in cardiovascular function -- Alterations in immune function -- Alterations in hematologic function -- Alteration in cellular growth -- Alterations in gastrointestinal function -- Alterations in genitourinary function -- Alterations in endocrine and metabolic function -- Alterations in neurological function -- Alterations in mental health and cognition -- Alterations in musculoskeletal function -- Alterations in skin integrity.