Provide quality nursing care through each stage of child development! Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 12th Edition uses an easy-to-follow, family-centered approach to describe the care of children at each age and stage of development. The book begins with a discussion of the influences on and assessment of child health, then provides chapters on child health promotion and health problems -- all organized by age groups and body systems. Up-to-date, evidence-based information helps you develop critical thinking skills along with the sensitivity needed to become a compassionate, caring pediatric nurse. Written by a team of experts led by Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Wong's continues to be the leading text in pediatric nursing. Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2019. Includes ebook access.

Perspectives of pediatric nursing / Marilyn J. Hockenberry -- Family, social, cultural, and religious influences on child health promotion / Marilyn J. Hockenberry -- Hereditary influences on health of the child and family / Cynthia A. Prows and Amy Blumling -- Communication and physical assessment of the child and family / Katherine L. Scott -- Pain assessment in children / Melody Brown Hellsten -- Childhood communicable and infectious diseases / Marilyn J. Hockenberry -- Health promotion of the newborn and family / Karen Schwab -- Health problems of newborns / Ashley Darcy-Mahoney -- The high-risk newborn and family / Jodi Herron Behr -- Health promotion of the infant and family / Cary M. Cain -- Health problems of the infant / Karen DiValerio Gibbs -- Health promotion of the toddler and family / Elizabeth A. Duffy -- Health promotion of the preschooler and family / Rebecca A. Monroe -- Health problems of early childhood / Elizabeth A. Duffy -- Health promotion of the school-age child and family / Alice M. Burch -- Health problems of the school-age child / Beth Fisher -- Health promotion of the adolescent and family / Elizabeth A. Duffy -- Health problems of the adolescent / Kathie Prihoda and Elizabeth A. Duffy -- Impact of complex chronic illness, disability, or end-of-life care on the child and family / Joy Hesselgrave and Gina Santucci -- Impact of cognitive or sensory impairment on the child and family / Rosalind Bryant -- Family-centered care of the child during illness and hospitalization / Jaime L. Fox -- Pediatric nursing interventions and skills / Caroline E. Anderson and Ruth Anne Herring -- The child with fluid and electrolyte imbalance / Elizabeth A. Duffy -- The child with genitourinary dysfunction / Maryellen S. Kelly -- The child with gastrointestinal dysfunction / Nicole D. Triggs and Caroyl Gilbert -- The chld with respiratory dysfunction / Patricia Conlon -- The child with cardiovascular dysfunction / Margaret L. Schroeder, Annette L. Baker, Heather Bastardi, and Patricia O'Brien -- The child with hematologic or immunologic dysfunction / Rosalind Bryant -- The child with cancer / Marilyn Hockenberry -- The child with cerebral dysfunction / Terrylene Ingle and Karen DiValerio Gibbs -- The child with endocrine dysfunction / Brooke Patteson and Megan Pruett -- The child with integumentary dysfunction / Rose Ann U. Baker, Mary Mondozzi, and Marilyn J. Hockenberry -- The child with musculoskeletal or articular dysfunction / Laura Tillman -- The child with neuromuscular or muscular dysfunction / Sharon Norman, Meganne Leach, and Asma Ali Taha.