Pediatric Nursing Procedures

Description

This pediatric procedures book provides the student and professional nurse with a quick reference to essential nursing procedures and standards for practice. Its format is easily adaptable to organizational policy and procedure manuals. Chapters are alphabetically presented by procedure and contain clinical guidelines for practice. Tables and charts summarize key diagnostic information or parameters.

Features

• Simple, step-by-step instructions walk the reader through each procedure.
• Procedures have been extensively reviewed by content experts.
• Abundant illustrations provide graphic demonstration of positioning and technique.
• Community Care section provides instructions regarding how the child and caregiver would implement or modify a procedure to be completed in the home or other community setting.
• Kid Kare sections point out specific information that should be taken into consideration when caring for the pediatric client.
• Key Points highlight the main points of the procedure.
• Alerts emphasize occasions requiring special care or attention, such as signs of a problem during a procedure.

Table of Contents

1. Principles of Family Centered Care
2. Growth & Development Milestones
3. Principles of Fluid and Nutritional Management
4. Principles of Pharmacologic Management
5. Principles of Pain Management
6. Abdominal Girth
7. Admission of the Child
8. Advance Directives
9. Aerosol Treatments
10. Apnea Monitors
11. Bathing the Infant
12. Bed and Crib Choices
13. Blood Drawing from Peripheral Sites: Heel Stick and Finger Stick
14. Blood Drawing from Peripheral Sites: Venipuncture
15. Blood Gases
16. Blood Glucose Monitoring
17. Blood Product Administration
18. Bone Marrow Aspiration
19. Breast Milk: Handling and Storage of Expressed Human Milk
20. Cardiopulmonary Monitoring
21. Cardiopulmonary Rescucitation
22. Cast Care
23. Chemotherapy: Administration and Safe Handling
24. Chemotherapy: Management of Extravasation
25. Chest Physiotherapy
26. Chest Tubes
27. Child Abuse Reporting and Documentation
28. Circumcision Care
29. Cooling Measures, Use Of
30. Developmental Care of the Neonate
31. Diapering
32. Disaster Preparedness
33. Ear Irrigation
34. Enemas
35. Enteral Tubes Placement and Management: Gastrostomy, PEG, Skin Level Devices, Jejunostomy
36. Enteral Tubes: Naso/Orogastric Placement and Management and Nasojejunal Management
37. Fall Prevention
38. Feeding, Enteral
39. Feeding, Infant
40. Growth Parameter Assessment
41. Hearing Screening
42. Hemodynamic Monitoring: Central Venous Pressure
43. Hemodynamic Monitoring: Insertion and Set up
44. Hemodynamic Monitoring: Intaarterial Pressure
45. Heparin Lock / Flush
46. Immunizations
47. Incentive Spirometry
48. Infection Control and Standard Precautions
49. Informed Consent
50. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring: Assisting in Placement and Care of
51. Intravascular Therapy: Peripheral
52. Intravascular Therapy: Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
53. Intravascular Therapy: Totally Implantable Device (TID)
54. Intravascular Therapy: Tunneled Catheter
55. Intubation
56. Latex Precautions
57. Lumbar Puncture
58. MedAdmin: Endotracheal
59. MedAdmin: Enteral
60. MedAdmin: Intramuscular
61. MedAdmin: Intraosseous
62. MedAdmin: Intravenous
63. MedAdmin: Intravenous Cardiovascular
64. MedAdmin: Nasal
65. MedAdmin: Opthalmic
66. MedAdmin: Oral
67. MedAdmin: Otic
68. MedAdmin: Rectal
69. MedAdmin: Subcutaneous
70. MedAdmin: Sublingual and Buccal
71. MedAdmin: Topical
72. Nasotracheal Suctioning
73. Neurological Assessment
74. Newborn Care: Immediate Needs of the Stable Newborn
75. Newborn Care: Maintaining a Neutral Thermal Environment
76. Newborn Care: Newborn Screening
77. Oral Care
78. Ostomy Care
79. Oxygen Administration
80. Parenteral Nutrition
81. Patient Identification
82. Peak Flow Meters and Spacers, Use and Care of
83. Pediculosis Management
84. Pet Therapy
85. Phototherapy
86. Pneumogram
87. Poison Management

Author Bio

Vicky R Bowden DNSc, RN
Professor, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

Cindy S Greenberg DNSc, RN, CPNP
Associate Professor, California State University, Fullerton, CA