| Contents |
The interprofessional team -- Research and evidence-based practice -- Certification, licensure and credentialing / Privileging for the healthcare professional -- Documentation and coding -- Team communication and handoffs -- Patient safety -- Child life : Developmental consideration -- Patient- and family-centered care -- Communicating bad news -- Ethical considerations -- Care of the minor and legal implications -- Transition to adulthood -- Care of children with medical complexity -- Management in the emergency setting -- Management in the inpatient setting -- The premature infant in the pediatric acute care setting -- Management of the chronically critically ill child -- Transport of the ill or injured pediatric patient -- Rehabilitation -- Palliative care and integrative medicine -- Analgesia, paralytics, sedation, withdrawal, and opioid disorders -- Cardiac disorders -- Dermatologic disorders -- Endocrine disorders -- Fluid, electrolytes and nutrition -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Genetic and metabolic disorders -- Hematologic and oncologic disorders -- Immunologic / autoimmune and rheumatologic disorders -- Infectious disorders -- Kidney and genitourinary disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Neurologic disorders -- Orofacial disorders -- Pulmonary disorders -- Child maltreatment -- Toxicologic exposures -- Traumatic injuries -- Principles of disaster management and clinical practice -- Arterial catheter insertion -- Central venous catheter insertion and removal -- Chest tube insertion and removal -- Intracardiac line removal -- Intraventricular catheter insertion and shunt access -- Lumbar puncture -- Postpyloric feeding tube insertion -- Peripherally inserted central venous catheter insertion and removal -- Peritoneal catheter insertion -- Rapid-sequence intubation -- Ultrasound -- Wound closure -- Laboratory values -- Simulation -- The role of assessment in teaching and learning -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"This uniquely collaborative guide to pediatric acute care takes an evidence-based, interprofessional approach that exemplifies the depth and diversity needed for the dynamic healthcare environments in which acutely ill children receive care. The unique interprofessional, collaborative approach includes contributions from more than 250 practicing clinicians and academic experts from around the world including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology. Comprehensive coverage includes how to work with the pediatric patient and family, major acute care disorders and their management, emergency preparedness, common acute care procedures, and much more. Disorder chapters frequently begin with a general section on Physiology and Diagnostics and continue with sections on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Etiology, Presentation, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Studies, Plan of Care, and Disposition and Discharge Planning of specific disorders. New updated evidence-based content has been added throughout to ensure that readers are up to date on all topics needed to provide care for pediatric patients in acute, inpatient, emergency, transport, and critical care settings. New full-color design and illustrations enhance learning and make content easier to navigate and digest. New integration of the 2016 IPEC Core Competencies ensures expertise in the professional skills and protocols required for effective, contemporary, interprofessional collaborative care."--taken from back cover. |
