A Nurse's Survival Guide to Children's Nursing - Updated Edition

1 General principles of childrens nursing

1.1: Introduction

1.2:    Health and Safety

1.3: Emergency care of a child

1.4:    Life threatening complications

2 Assessment and investigations of a child

2.1: Paediatric scoring systems

2.2: Assessment of a child

2.3: Haemodynamic monitoring of a child

2.4: Diagnostic procedures

3 Childrens nursing interventions

3.1: General interventions

3.2: Specific interventions

3.3: Caring for a child in a variety of situations

3.4: Caring for a child in a variety of settings

4 Common conditions in children and reasons for admission

4.1: General condition in children: a systems approach

4.2: Other conditions observed in children

4.3: Mental health conditions in children

5 Psychological and ethical care

5.1: Professional and practice issues

5.2: Psychosocial issues

5.3: Palliative care of a child

6 Drug administration

6.1: General aspects

6.2:     Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

6.3: Classification of drugs used in children

6.4: Medication management

References

Appendix 1 Normal vital signs

Appendix 2 Units of measurement

Appendix 3 Drug measurement and calculations

Glossary

Index