In its first edition, Nursing Care Of Children And Families was widely praised for its focus on holistic nursing care and its consistent emphasis on the emotional, social, cultural, and psychologic needs of children and families. This was the first child health nursing text to include the family in all aspects of care and was also the firstto provide a solid foundation in nursing research andt…
The publication of this book has proved to be an important milistone in pediatric undergraduate education. It has become enormously popular with medical students, its distinctive cover the hallmark of students on their pediatric clinical attachhment.
case studies in the nursing of children and families is a book that acknowledges the movement of thenursing profession into the diagnostic era and recognizes the associated changes in nurses thinking.
The book is divided into two broad parts. Parts I, sometimes called the "age and stage" approach, considers infancy and childhood in a developmental context. It emphasizes the nurse's role in health promotion and maintenance and in making the family the focus of care. In this developmental context, the care of common health problems expected in otherwise healthy children and showing them when i…