This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Hockenberry's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 8th edition text&Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Essentials of Pediatric Nursing.

Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this leading text provides a solid foundation in obstetrics and pediatric nursing. Its concise, logical organization by developmental stages, discussion of disorders by body system from simple-to-complex and health-to-illness, and a focus on health promotion and on the family make it a complete guide to caring for maternity and pediatric patients.Focuses on family-centered care, health promotion and illness prevention, women's health issues, and growth and development of the child and parent.Covers a wide range of maternal and pediatric care with 35 skills and provides expected outcomes, interventions, and rationales for nursing care 30 nursing care plans.Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each Nursing Care Plan challenge students to evaluate and apply the plan of care to specific clinical situations.Nursing Tips throughout the text provide pertinent information applicable in the clinical setting.Pictorial story of a vaginal birth includes photos through delivery.Cultural considerations as they relate to pregnancy and delivery, maternal/infant, and pediatric care in detailed tables help nurses develop cultural sensitivity when caring for diverse patient populations.Cultural Assessment Data Collection Tool checklist assists the nurse in developing an individualized plan of care.Health Promotion Considerations boxes focus on prenatal wellness, health during pregnancy, postnatal health, and more.Companion CD-ROM, bound with the book, includes videos of both a normal delivery and a cesarian birth, 70 neonatal and pediatric assessment video clips, 3-D animations, audio glossary, and Patient Teaching Plans in Spanish and English.Discusses CPR specifically for the pregnant patient. MyPyramid illustrates the 2005 revised nutrition guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Provides discussions of changes in clinical care recommendations, including use of Ipecac® for poisoning, vaginal birth after caesarian, and pain relief in newborns.Includes the latest content on infectious diseases acquired during pregnancy, sexual abuse, assault, rape in the pediatric population, and the adolescent as a parent.Includes an appendix of JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.

Authors Susan Ricci and Terri Kyle have teamed up to deliver a unique resource for your students to understand the health needs of women and children. This new combination book, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, will empower students to guide women and their children toward higher levels of wellness throughout the life cycle. The textbook emphasizes how to anticipate, identify, and address common problems to allow timely, evidence-based interventions. Features include threaded case studies throughout each chapter, multiple examples of critical thinking, and an outstanding visual presentation with extensive illustrations depicting key concepts. A bound-in CD-ROM and a companion Website include video clips and NCLEX®-style review questions.

The fourth edition of this text is intended for pediatric nursing courses, one of the required courses in nursing programs The most concise, readable pediatric nursing text for use in RN programs. Exceptionally user-friendly and up-to-date, it uses a unique body system approach rather than developmental stages, allowing faculty to teach pediatrics in integrated course or short course without redundancy. This approach also focuses students on nursing care. Features abundant four-color photos and drawings throughout, extensive marginal notes, chapter-opening vignettes and more plus a heavy emphasis on community nursing. This text details the core essentials of pediatric nursing practice while also providing the critical thinking skills necessary for future challenges.

Even after 25 years, Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition is still your go-to clinical guide to caring for children and their families in the hospital, community, and home. With care plans, assessment tools, skills and procedures, patient teaching, and reference data in a concise, reader-friendly format, Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition is five books in one! Plus, now with an accompanying Evolve website with modifiable nursing care plans, medication tables, emergency treatment information, illustrated dermatologic problems, and Spanish translations for many of the patient teaching handouts included in the book, there's even more information right at your fingertips.Up-to-date immunization, nutrition, and CPR guidelines help you treat your patients according to the most current standards of care.Community Focus boxes highlight issues related to treating children outside of the acute care setting.Atraumatic Care boxes help you minimize the pain and stress of procedures for the child, family, and yourself by outlining pain and stress management techniques.Redesigned Nursing Care Plans incorporate current NANDA nursing diagnoses, NIC and NOC terminology for the most up-to-date information.Evidence-Based Practice boxes support the most critical issues for practice and intervention so you are better prepared for important tasks.Safety Alerts give you guidance for handling procedures in the safest, most efficient manner possible.Added procedures, including chest tube management, extraventricular drainage devices, monitoring intracranial pressure, monitoring arterial blood gases, endotracheal tube management, ostomy care, and suture and staple removal, prepare you for more situations in the pediatric care setting.Evolve website includes pediatric medication tables, emergency treatment information, full-color photos of many dermatologic conditions, modifiable nursing care plans, and Spanish translations for the most-used patient and family teaching handouts from the book.

Carry all of the most essential knowledge on pediatric care in your pocket with the Clinical Companion for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing! This indispensable guide from the authors of the most trusted pediatric nursing textbook on the market includes need-to-know information for the clinical setting in a quick-reference format. Content on the procedures and diagnostic tests you're most likely to perform, plus brief discussions of over 130 commonly encountered childhood illnesses and disorders, makes this the perfect companion for practice.The History and Physical Assessment section includes atraumatic methods and age appropriate techniques.The Pain Assessment and Management section features pain scales and information on pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of pain. Over 130 entries in the Common Childhood Illnesses/Disorders section cover the most clinically relevant information in a handy, quick-reference format.Detailed information on bone marrow aspiration, cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, pulmonary function tests, and more in Common Diagnostic Tests and Tools explains the diagnostic tests you're most likely to perform in practice. The Common Nursing Procedures section includes essential information on procedures you need to know, including medication administration routes and procedures, oxygen therapy, specimen collection, central venous line access and care, and much more.

"Essentials of Pediatric Nursing is intended for Pediatric Nursing courses with an integrated pediatric curriculum. It provides a unique concept-based approach and nursing process focus, that helps students go from concept to application by building on previously mastered knowledge from other courses. Organized into four logical units, Kyle: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing covers a broad scope of topics with an emphasis on common issues and pediatric-specific information. In addition, it has a variety of learning features to ensure student retention, such as, Healthy People 2010 boxes, Threaded Case Studies and Comparison Charts highlighting common diseases. Plus, it includes a BONUS CD-ROM and companion website that provide numerous resources for both students and instructors, including video clips of each developmental stage and care of the hospitalized child!

Master key concepts and apply them to your nursing practice! Corresponding to the chapters in Introduction to Maternity&Pediatric Nursing, 6th Edition, by Gloria Leifer, RN, MA, CNE, this study guide reinforces your understanding of essential concepts and skills. It offers the preparation you need to pass the NCLEX® Examination and succeed in your nursing career. Features include:Learning activitiesCase studies with critical thinking questionsThinking Critically scenariosApplying Knowledge exercisesReview questionsCrossword puzzlesSeveral Thinking Critically sections and case studies with critical thinking questions have been added.Alternate-item format questions are included in the review questions for the NCLEX® Examination.

This easy-to-read outline review follows the unique two-column Straight A's format that lets students choose how they study to improve test scores and final grades. The interior column outlines key facts for in-depth review; the exterior column lists only the most crucial points for quickest review. Other features include pretest questions at the beginning of each chapter; end-of-chapter NCLEX®-style questions; lists of top items to study before a test; Time-Out for Teaching patient-teaching points; Go with the Flow algorithms; and alerts highlighted in a second color. A bound-in CD-ROM contains hundreds of NCLEX®-style questions—including alternate-item format questions—with answers and rationales.

Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children and Their Families, Second Edition, is a dynamic and insightful presentation of caring for pediatric clients. The authors embrace a holistic and family-centered approach to the care and nurturing of children in all states along the health-illness continuum, from healthy growth and development milestones to illness states and chronic conditions. All nursing care is framed within a family context, underscoring the need to view the child not just as an individual, but as a member of a larger family unit. General nursing skills such as assessment, communication, and health promotion are presented within the pediatric framework, so nurses can approach children and their families with an authentic understanding of their conditions and needs.