Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses 4th Edition

Book Preface

Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses, Fourth Edition can be used as
a resource for a variety of diagnoses, including differential diagnoses and treatment
strategies. It is divided into two sections. The first section includes taking a medical history with a family seen for the first time, taking an interval history, newborn rounding,
and breastfeeding. Well-child visits are included, along with information about nutrition, elimination, sleep patterns, growth and development, and injury prevention. The
second section is organized by body system and is written in outline format, making it
easy to read and find information quickly. Common medical conditions are presented
with information about etiology, occurrence, clinical manifestations, physical findings,
diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, complications, and patient/
family education.
—Beth Richardson