Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing

**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Child Health, 2024**

Put pediatric nursing guidelines, procedures, and reference data at your fingertips! Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th Edition is your "go-to" guide for the care of children and their families, whether in the hospital, clinic, community setting, or home. Reflecting the latest in research and evidence-based practice, the book provides assessment tools and new information on?pediatric pain assessment and management. Also new to this edition are case studies with questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination. Written by pediatric expert Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Wong's Clinical Manual includes an Evolve website with medication tables, photos, printable patient education sheets, and more.

• Complete, concise assessment data is provided for general health, specific problems, nutrition, sleep, and growth and development
• Assessment and Management unit presents pain management strategies for the neonate, child, and adolescent
• Evidence-based interventions include guidelines for treating pediatric patients and providing information to their families and caregivers
• Safety Alerts and Drug Alerts call attention to considerations - such as assessment data, risk factors, and danger signs - that could lead to a health emergency
• Atraumatic Care boxes cover therapeutic care through interventions that eliminate or minimize pain, discomfort, and stress
• Community focus includes guidelines to interventions, patient teaching, and home care, along with Community Focus boxes throughout the book
• Vital reference data appear inside the front and back covers for easy lookup
• Health promotion tables and charts summarize nutrition, immunizations, safety and injury prevention, and parental guidance
• Full-color photos of dermatologic conditions depict the pediatric skin problems most commonly seen in practice
• Patient teaching instructions on the Evolve website allow you to print and hand out sets of easy-to-understand instructions to caregivers

• NEW! Case studies with clinical reasoning/clinical judgment questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination are added to this edition
• NEW! Updated vaccination schedules and pediatric guidelines are included for asthma, blood pressure, car seats, and more
• NEW! Coverage of autism spectrum disorders and childhood obesity is expanded
• NEW! Additional color illustrations are included in the insert for the most common childhood skin disorders
• NEW! Updated content includes Evidence-Based Practice boxes, screening charts, opioid treatment, drug calculations and safe dosage ranges, and safety information for home, private office, and outpatient settings