Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Children and adolescents compose the majority of emergency department patient visits each year, making it critical for nurses working in the emergency department to have sufficient knowledge of how to care for this special population. Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing is an overview of the essentials for treating pediatric patients in the emergency department setting. For those nurses who are seeking guidance on how to manage pediatric emergencies, this text, divided into nine fundamental sections, covers every aspect of working with pediatric emergencies. The curriculum begins with an overview of issues specific to pediatric emergency nursing and then expands on each. Pain assessment and management and common chief complaints unique to children are addressed, as are emergencies particular to body systems and specific traumatic conditions. Concerns that are pertinent and applicable to the current emergency department population, such as environmental-related emergencies and psychiatric emergencies, are also addressed. Each chapter follows a consistent format that includes normal physiology, pathophysiology, the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation), psychosocial considerations and home care and prevention. Written by experienced pediatric and emergency nurses, the text is well-referenced from current texts, clinical literature and data-based publications. This essential resource for emergency department nurses represents the continued dedication to the emergency nursing care of children as professed by the ENA, and denotes a landmark in the development of pediatric emergency nursing as a specialty within the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)." - Provided by publisher.

Text in English.