Schaum's Outline of Pediatric Nursing--------------------------------------------------Study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Modified to conformto the current curriculum. Schaum's Outline of Pediatric Nursingcomplements these courses in scope and sequence to help you understandits basic concepts. The book offers extra practice on topics such ashealth promotion and health problems of children in infancy, earlychildhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. You'll also get coverageon chronic illnesses and disabilities in children and dysfunctionsof the various systems of the body in children. This title features:professional case studies and 122 review questions, comprehensive reviewof specialized topics such as impact of cognitive or sensory impairmenton the child and family, family-centered home care, and pediatric variationsof nursing interventions, and, support for all the major textbooksfor pediatric nursing courses. Topics covered in this title include:Health Promotion and Growth Development, The Hospitalized Child andFamily, Common Alterations in Pediatric Respiratory Functioning, CommonAlterations in Pediatric Hematological and Immune Functioning, CommonCancers in Children and Adolescents, Alteration in Musculoskeletonaland Joint Functioning, Common Alterations in Pediatric NeurologicalFunctioning, Common Alterations in Pediatric Neuromuscular Functioning,Common Alterations in Pediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Balance & Urinaryand Renal Functioning, Common Alterations in Pediatric Endocrine Functioning,Common Alterations in Pediatric Cardiac Functioning, Common Alterationsin Pediatric Gastrointesetinal Functioning, Common Alterations in SensoryFunctioning, and The Child with Special Needs.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Mary Ann Cantrell received her Ph.D. in nursing fromthe University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1997. She had fellowshipsat The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Training: DevelopingNurse Scientists Program, The State of the Science of Nursing Researchin Pediatric Oncology at the National Institute of Nursing Research(NINR) of the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Universityof Pennsylvania's Summer Nursing Research Institute. She worked asa nurse in the oncology unit of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphiafor 17 years. She is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing atVillanova University.