Marlow’s Textbook of Pediatric Nursing (Adapted for South Asian Ed.)


Author: Marlow/Kalia
Edition: 1st SAE
ISBN: 9788131233160
Language: English
Published: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier, India

Marlow’s Textbook of Pediatric Nursing has long been the book of choice for teaching paediatric nursing to nursing students. Written as a basic text for beginning the students in paediatric nursing and as a reference source for practising nurses, the book provides rare-to-find details about the problems and developmental needs of the children during health and sickness, with the up-to-date nursing care measures.

Marlow’s Textbook of Pediatric Nursing

 (Adapted for South Asian Ed.)

About

Marlow’s Textbook of Pediatric Nursing has long been the book of choice for teaching paediatric nursing to nursing students. Written as a basic text for beginning the students in paediatric nursing and as a reference source for practising nurses, the book provides rare-to-find details about the problems and developmental needs of the children during health and sickness, with the up-to-date nursing care measures. This South Asian Adaptation of the book brings in full curriculum coverage with simpler presentation, good-quality graphics, improved layout design, and enhanced readability.

Key Features

  • Best coverage and presentation of child’s growth and development from birth through adolescence
  • Multidisciplinary perspective comprising anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical therapy specific to children
  • Interpretation of the holistic knowledge base using the nursing process
  • Systemic classification of the content facilitating easy location of topics
  • Multiple aspects of diseases/problems together with nursing management
  • Up-to-date information on treatment techniques and nursing management methods

New to This Edition

  • Simpler, less voluminous than the previous edition
  • Fully compliant to the prescribed curriculum
  • Easy-to-read, interesting and involving disposition, which leads the reader through the various facets of paediatric nursing
  • Improved layout, design and presentation
  • Enhanced-quality photographs, illustrations redrawn afresh
  • Chapter Outline added in the beginning of every chapter
  • Chapter in a Nutshell added in end of every chapter, to help the learner quickly recapitulate the gist of the lengthy chapters

Table of Contents

Unit - I: Introduction to the Family and Child Care

Chapter 1 Perspectives on the Nurse’s Role in Child Care

Chapter 2 The Nurse’s Role in the Care of Children

Chapter 3 The Family

Chapter 4 The Nursing Process in the Care of Children

Unit - II: Assessment of Children

Chapter 5 Physical Assessment

Chapter 6 Growth and Development of Children

Chapter 7 Nutrition, Fluids, and Electrolytes

Unit - III: The Child and the Illness

Chapter 8 Developmental Differences and Illness

Chapter 9 The Ill Child and the Health Care System

Chapter 10 Nursing Management of the Ill Child

Chapter 11 Concepts of Illness: Acute, Chronic, and Life Threatening

Unit - IV: The Neonate

Chapter 12 The Neonate, the Family, and the Nurse

Chapter 13 The High-Risk Neonate

Chapter 14 The Neonate Requiring Immediate or Short-Term Care

Chapter 15 The Neonate Requiring Long-Term Care

Unit - V: The Infant

Chapter 16 The Normal Infant: Growth, Development, and Care

Chapter 17 The Infant Requiring Immediate or Short-Term Care

Chapter 18 The Infant Requiring Long-Term Care

Unit - VI: The Toddler

Chapter 19 The Normal Toddler: Growth, Development, and Care

Chapter 20 The Toddler Requiring Immediate or Short-Term Care

Chapter 21 The Toddler Requiring Long-Term Care

Unit - VII: The Preschool Child

Chapter 22 The Normal Preschool Child: Growth, Development, and Care

Chapter 23 The Preschool Child Requiring Immediate or Short-Term Care

Chapter 24 The Preschool Child Requiring Long-Term Care

Unit - VIII: The School Child

Chapter 25 The Normal School Child: Growth, Development, and Care

Chapter 26 The School Child Requiring Immediate or Short-Term Care

Chapter 27 The School Child Requiring Long-Term Care

Unit - IX: The Pubescent and the Adolescent

Chapter 28 The Normal Pubescent and Adolescent: Growth, Development, and Care

Chapter 29 Health Concerns of the Pubescent and the Adolescent

Chapter 30 The Adolescent Requiring Long-Term Care