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Pediatric Acute Care, 2nd Edition

A Guide to Interprofessional Practice
Editors :
Beth Nachtsheim Bolick & Karin Reuter-Rice & Maureen A. Madden & Paul N. Severin
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Critical Care**Stay up-to-date on the latest evidence and clinical practice in pediatric acute care with the definitive textbook in the field. Now in its second edition, Pediatric Acute Care: A Gu ...view more

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Critical Care**

Stay up-to-date on the latest evidence and clinical practice in pediatric acute care with the definitive textbook in the field. Now in its second edition, Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice takes an evidence-based, interprofessional approach to pediatric acute care as it exemplifies the depth and diversity that’s needed for the dynamic healthcare environments in which acutely ill children receive care. Coverage includes how to work with the pediatric patient and family, major acute care disorders and their management, emergency preparedness, common acute care procedures, and much more. With contributions from more than 200 practicing clinicians and academic experts, it represents a wide variety of disciplines including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology, among others. The second edition also features the addition of new physician and nurse practitioner co-editors as well as extensive content updates including updated evidence-based content throughout the text, the integration of the 2016 IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, a new full-color design, and new vivid illustrations throughout.

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Critical Care**

Stay up-to-date on the latest evidence and clinical practice in pediatric acute care with the definitive textbook in the field. Now in its second edition, Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice takes an evidence-based, interprofessional approach to pediatric acute care as it exemplifies the depth and diversity that’s needed for the dynamic healthcare environments in which acutely ill children receive care. Coverage includes how to work with the pediatric patient and family, major acute care disorders and their management, emergency preparedness, common acute care procedures, and much more. With contributions from more than 200 practicing clinicians and academic experts, it represents a wide variety of disciplines including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology, among others. The second edition also features the addition of new physician and nurse practitioner co-editors as well as extensive content updates including updated evidence-based content throughout the text, the integration of the 2016 IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, a new full-color design, and new vivid illustrations throughout.


New to this edition
  • NEW! Updated evidence-based content has been added throughout to ensure that you’re up-to-date on all topics needed to provide care for pediatric patients in acute, inpatient, emergency, transport, and critical care settings.
  • NEW! Full-color design and illustrations enhance learning and make content easier to navigate and digest.
  • NEW! Integration of the 2016 IPEC Core Competencies ensure that you’re learning the professional skills and protocols required for effective, contemporary interprofessional collaborative practice.
  • UPDATED! Streamlined procedures unit focuses more sharply on need-to-know content.

Key Features
  • UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach includes contributions from more than 200 practicing clinicians and academic experts from the U.S. and Canada, including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, child life, nutrition, law, integrative medicine, education, public health, and psychology.
  • Consistent organization within disorder chapters begins with a section on Physiology and continues with sections on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Etiology, Presentation, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Studies, and a Plan of Care that include Therapeutic Management, Consultation, Patient and Family Education and Disposition and Discharge Planning.
  • Comprehensive content spanning five units divides coverage into introductory information, the approach to the pediatric patient and family, major acute care disorders and their management, emergency preparedness, and common acute care procedures.

Author Information
Edited by Beth Nachtsheim Bolick, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, FAAN, Professor and Director, Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow Alumna, 2012-2015 Cohort, Chicago, Illinois; Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, Associate Professor, Duke University, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar, Durham, North Carolina; Maureen A. Madden, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Critical Care, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Paul N. Severin, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Rush Medical College; Chairman, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Director, PICU Transport, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois