As always, practitioners can rely on WHALEY &amp; WONG'S NURSING CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN to provide accurate, thoroughly updated, comprehensive and remarkably readable information. Many popular features from the fifth edition are back along with new, timely features on topics such as community care, cultural awareness, and family-centered care. Each full color text includes a free CD-ROM with exercises to enhance critical thinking, case studies, assessment tools and more. * Includes full-color illustrations with clearly organized text * Emphasizes the role and influence of the family in health and illness * Focuses on "wellness" and preventative measures with complete information on health promotion and injury prevention among specific age groups * Illustrates proper nursing care for major diseases and disorders using the nursing process * Integrates age appropriate patient wellness benchmarks into each chapter * Provides step-by-step instructions on performing key skills in Guidelines boxes * Provides quick references for critical situations in Emergency Treatment boxes, each highlighted with color-tabbed pages * Explains ways in which a family's beliefs may affect child care in Cultural Awareness boxes * Offers guidance on administering sensitive care with minimal pain and stress to child, family and nurse in Atraumatic Care boxes * Highlights important information to prepare families coping with special situations in Family Home Care boxes (Includes FREE CD-ROM and MERLIN websitewww.harcourthealth.com/Mosby/Wong/ncic/)

Whaley & Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children

Medical Books

Hockenberry PhD RN PPCNP-BC FAAN, Marilyn J.

Winkelstein PhD RN, Marilyn L.

Ahmann ScD RN, Elizabeth

DiVito-Thomas MS RN, Pamela

Wong PhD RN PNP CPN FAAN, Donna L.

Wilson MS RN C (NIC), David

Nursing

Mosby

This leading pediatric nursing textbook owes its success to scrupulous accuracy, current research, and a highly readable style. The new edition, packed with full color, many special features, and the most comprehensive package available, maintains the high standards established by previous editions. A new chapter on community-based nursing care of children has been added to address this increasingly important health care arena. The first part of the book on child development and health promotion lays the foundation for understanding later chapters on specific health problems - organized by age groups and body systems. The nursing process is used to format major diseases, disorders, and conditions. Today's students will find the book's appearance highly appealing with superior illustrations and a beautiful full-color design throughout, making key information in the text easy to find.
<li>Emergency Treatment boxes provide quick reference for critical situations</li>Cultural Awareness boxes highlight variations in beliefs and practices affecting child care<li>A free CD-ROM features critical thinking questions, case studies, nursing care plans, assessment tools, and more!</li>Format utilises the nursing process to present nursing care for major diseases and disorders<li>Guidelines boxes throughout the text provide students with step-by-step instructions on performing specific skills or procedures</li>Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter guide the students approach to learning<li>Key Points at the end of each chapter help students review and learn important concepts</li>
 (Includes FREE CD-ROM and MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/Mosby/Wong/essentials/) Spanish version of 4th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8086-141-X

Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing (Book with CD-ROM)

Schwartz PhD RNC CPNP, Patricia

Practical and student-friendly, this helpful study guide is designed to assist students in mastering the content presented in the text, developing problem-solving skills, and applying their knowledge to practice.
<ul>
<li>Includes a variety of questions that cover a review of content and clinical application of key concepts in the text.</li>
<li>A Critical Thinking section is included for each chapter with questions to help students analyze the chapter's content and address their own attitudes about pediatric nursing practice.</li>
<li>Case Studies in many of the Critical Thinking sections cover situations that are frequently encountered by the nurse in practice ― helping students address specific practice issues.</li>
<li>Includes features to help students learn and retain pediatric terminology used in each chapter.</li>
<li>Answers to the questions for each chapter are included at the end of the Study Guide.</li>
<li>Page numbers from the textbook are included to facilitate finding content related to the answers</li>
</ul>

Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, Study Guide

McCampbell MSN APRN BC, Linda

Rentfro PhD MSN RN CS, Anne Rath

Dynamic and engaging, this workbook/CD-ROM package for Wong's Nursing Care for Infants and Children, 7th Edition guides users through a multi-floor virtual hospital in a hands-on learning experience. Complementing core reading assignments and activities presented in the parent text, lessons in the workbook provide a perfect opportunity for users to practice what they are learning on seven realistic, pediatric patients. Then, to further enhance the lesson, the CD-ROM features built-in testing with NCLEX-RN type questions and immediate feedback of clinical knowledge, priorities, and communication ― using content specific to pediatric nursing!
<ul>
<li>Meaningful, real-world problems place users in nursing scenarios where they can set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition.</li>
<li>The highly-engaging format encourages active learning and provides opportunities to identify information to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; optimize use of available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve core computing skills.</li>
<li>Lessons in the workbook complement the content in the textbook and guide the student through the multi-floor virtual hospital.</li>
<li>The CD-ROM offers users the opportunity to visit each patient and access realistic information essential for patient care, including: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video streaming of patient dialogue with nurses, and other related materials.</li>
<li>The multi-floor virtual hospital has content on Patient Care, Patient Records, Case Conference, and Clinical Review to engage the user in the subject matter and allow for further exploration.</li>
<li>The virtual hospital includes a Pediatric Floor and a Well-Child Clinic with content on Physical Examinations, Parent Interviews, Developmental Surveillance, Anticipatory Guidance, Patient Records: (Admissions Form, Birth &amp; Health History, Allergies, Immunization Record, Well-Child Visits, Sick-Child Visits, Developmental Surveillance, Growth Charts, Hearing &amp; Vision Screening, Laboratory Results, and Referral Forms), and a Clinical Review. Produced in conjunction with the Virtual Clinical Excursions CD-ROM authors: Jay Shiro Tashiro, PhD, RN; Ellen Sullins, PhD; Gina Long, RN, DNSc</li>
</ul>

Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 to Accompany Wong's Nursing Care of Infants & Children

Barrera BS, Patrick

Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing and Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 Package

Wong's Nursing Care of Infants & Children and Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 Package

Designed for shorter pediatric and maternity nursing courses, this useful textbook provides students with the "right amount" of maternity and pediatric content in an up-to-date, easy-to-understand manner. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book includes 28 chapters covering maternity nursing content and the second part contains 27 chapters covering pediatric nursing content. Numerous illustrations, photos, and tables help illustrate and clarify the information for the student. Many special boxes, pedagogical features, and an inviting full-color design also help make key information easy to find and review.
<ul>
<li>Expert authors ensure delivery of accurate and up-to-date maternity and pediatric content.</li>
<li>Authors' clear writing style makes content easy to read and understand.</li>
<li>Focus on the family throughout emphasizes the influence of family in health and illness.</li>
<li>Nursing Care Plans, including rationales for interventions, provide students with an overview and specific guidelines for delivering effective nursing care.</li>
<li>Nurse Alerts point out critical information that students should not overlook when treating patients.</li>
<li>Boxed information: Guideline boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow fashion; Emergency boxes highlight emergency procedures in a step-by-step format to help students understand how to perform them; Home Care boxes provide detailed information to help prepare students to deliver care to patients and families in the home setting; Atraumatic Care boxes teach students to provide competent care without creating undue physical or psychological stress to the patient; Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, providing resources and guidance to illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings; Patient Teaching boxes explore important information nurses need to pass on to families and children; Cultural Awareness boxes provide students with information to help them deliver culturally competent care.; Family Focus boxes explain the needs or concerns that families should consider when family-centered care is provided.</li>
<li>Critical Thinking Exercises provide students with case scenarios that depict real life situations to help them choose the best intervention and make good clinical judgements.</li>
<li>A free Companion CD-ROM including case studies, NCLEX review questions, care planning exercises, and nursing skills outlines. Also, included are videos of a vaginal birth, a Caesarean birth, the assessment of a pregnant woman, the assessment of a neonate, and pediatric assessment skills from infant to adolescent.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Spanish-English guidelines boxes and appendix help students translate key words and phrases to better serve Spanish-speaking patients.</li>
<li>Chronic Illness, Disability, and End-of-Life Care chapter has been extensively revised to include new information on palliative and end-of-life care.</li>
<li>Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus students' attention on the application of both research and critical thought processes to support and guide the outcomes of nursing care.</li>
</ul>

Maternal Child Nursing Care

Perry RN PhD FAAN, Shannon E.

Lowdermilk RNC PhD FAAN, Deitra Leonard

Completely updated for easier use and more control, VCE Pacific View is a groundbreaking workbook/CD-ROM package that brings learning to life in a "virtual" hospital setting. This guided learning experience features textbook reading assignments that correspond with the CD-ROM and workbook activities. The workbook acts as a map, guiding students through the CD-ROM as they care for patients in the virtual hospital to help students make connections between what they experience through the CD-ROM and what they've learned in their textbook. Each virtual hospital visit allows the student to access realistic information resources essential to patient care resulting in a true-to-life, hands-on learning experience. Users will also discover that this edition of VCE is easier to use with the inclusion of flash-based technology and the elimination of previously needed third-party plug-ins.
<ul>
<li>Meaningful, real-world problems place users in nursing scenarios where they can set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition.</li>
<li>The highly-engaging format encourages active learning and provides opportunities to identify information to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; optimize use of available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve core computing skills.</li>
<li>Lessons in the workbook complement the content in the textbook and guide the student through the virtual hospital.</li>
<li>Includes NCLEX examination-style questions that offer built-in testing of clinical knowledge.</li>
<li> The CD-ROM offers users the opportunity to visit each patient and access realistic information essential for patient care, including: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video clips of nurse-client interactions, and other related materials.</li>
<li>A clock icon appears under each lesson, estimating how much time it will take to complete.</li>
<li>A linkage icon alerts the user whenever they are about to begin an exercise that connects with previous lessons.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The elimination of third-party plug-ins facilitates fast and easy software installation.</li>
<li>Flash-based technology allows for more ease of use and seamless navigation.</li>
<li>Greater faculty support with the addition of the FAC PAC, a new instructors' website, and a radically expanded testing component.</li>
<li>A medication administration feature enables users to select, prepare, and administer medications.</li>
<li>Over 50 common medication errors imbedded within the software to boost clinical realism and prepare students for current practice.</li>
<li>A Medication Room that contains a wide variety of drug storage areas, such as a Unit Dosage Cabinet, Automated Dispensing System, IV Storage, and a Refrigerator.</li>
<li>6 unique patients/cases, each with complex medical-surgical conditions for students to care for and monitor within the virtual hospital.</li>
</ul>

Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Nursing Care for Infants and Children

Completely updated for easier use and more control, VCE Pacific View is a groundbreaking workbook/CD-ROM package that brings learning to life in a "virtual" hospital setting. This guided learning experience features textbook reading assignments that correspond with the CD-ROM and workbook activities. The workbook acts as a map, guiding students through the CD-ROM as they care for patients in the virtual hospital to help students make connections between what they experience through the CD-ROM and what they've learned in their textbook. Each virtual hospital visit allows the student to access realistic information resources essential to patient care resulting in a true-to-life, hands-on learning experience. Users will also discover that this edition of VCE is easier to use with the inclusion of flash-based technology and the elimination of previously needed third-party plug-ins.
<ul>
<li>Meaningful, real-world problems place users in nursing scenarios where they can set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition</li>
<li>The highly-engaging format encourages active learning and provides opportunities to identify information to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; optimize use of available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve core computing skills</li>
<li>Lessons in the workbook complement the content in the textbook and guide the student through the virtual hospital</li>
<li>Includes NCLEX examination-style questions that offer built-in testing of clinical knowledge</li>
<li>The CD-ROM offers users the opportunity to visit each patient and access realistic information essential for patient care, including: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video clips of nurse-client interactions, and other related materials</li>
<li>A clock icon appears under each lesson, estimating how much time it will take to complete</li>
<li>A linkage icon alerts the user whenever they are about to begin an exercise that connects with previous lessons</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The elimination of third-party plug-ins facilitates fast and easy software installation</li>
<li>Flash-based technology allows for more ease of use and seamless navigation</li>
<li>Greater faculty support with the addition of the FAC PAC, a new instructors' website, and a radically expanded testing component</li>
<li>A medication administration feature enables users to select, prepare, and administer medications</li>
<li>Over 50 common medication errors imbedded within the software to boost clinical realism and prepare students for current practice</li>
<li>A Medication Room that contains a wide variety of drug storage areas, such as a Unit Dosage Cabinet, Automated Dispensing System, IV Storage, and a Refrigerator</li>
<li>6 unique patients/cases, each with complex medical-surgical conditions for students to care for and monitor within the virtual hospital</li>
</ul>

Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Maternal Child Nursing Care

This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for students training for a career in nursing. It includes the Maternal Child Nursing Care - Text and Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0.

Maternal Child Nursing Care and Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 Package

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