Includes index and appendix.

Contents: Unit 1:Children,their families, and the nurse: Perspectives of pediatric nursing -- Social, cultural, and religious influences on child health promotion -- Family influences on child health promotion -- Community-based nursing care of the child and family -- Hereditary influences on health promotion of the child and family -- Unit 2: Assessment of the child and family: Communication and physical and developmental assessment of the child -- Pain assessment and management in children -- Unit 3:Family-centered care of the newborn: Health promotion of the newborn and family -- Health problems of the newborn -- The high-risk newborn and family -- Conditions caused by defects in physical development -- Unit 4: Family-centered care of the infant: Health promotion of the infant and family -- Health problems during infancy -- Unit 5: Family-centered care of the young child: Health promotion of the toddler and family -- Health promotion of the preschooler and family -- Health problems of early childhood -- Unit 6: Family-centered care of the school-age child: Health promotion of the School-age child and family -- Health problems of middle childhood -- Unit 7: Family-centered care of the adolescent: Health promotion of the adolescent and family -- Physical health problems of adolescence -- Behavioral health problems of adolescence -- Unit 8:Family-centered care of the child with special needs: Family-centered care of the child with chronic illness or disability -- Family-centered end-of-life care --The child with cognitive, sensory, or communication impairment -- Family-centered home care -- Unit 9:The child who is hospitalized: Family-centered care of the child during illness and hospitalization -- Pediatric variations of nursing interventions -- Unit 10:The child with disturbance of fluid and electrolytes: Balance and imbalance of body fluids -- Conditions that produce fluid and electrolyte imbalance -- The child with renal dysfunction -- Unit 11:The child with problems related to the transfer of oxygen and nutrients: The child with disturbance of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange -- The child with respiratory dysfunction -- The with gastrointestinal dysfunction -- Unit 12:The child with problems related to production and circulation of blood: The child with cardiovascular dysfunction -- The child with hematologic or immunologic dysfunction -- Unit 13:The child with disturbance of regulatory mechanism: The child with cancer -- The child with cerebral dysfunction --The child with endocrine dysfunction -- Unit 14:The child with a problem that interferes with physical mobility:The child with musculoskeletal or articular dysfunction --The child with neuromuscular or muscular dysfunction.