Pediatric Primary Care Case Studies

by Catherine E. Burns, Beth Richardson, Margaret Brady

Overview

Pediatric Primary Care Case Studies is a collection of pediatric case studies of common health problems of well, accutely ill, and chronically ill children. This text provides students with the opportunity to assess the scenario, differential diagnoses, treatment and educational plans. The cases include history and physical examination data and provide suggested case solutions. The cases include developmental, behavioral, and disease problems written to include family, cultural, and other contextual issues which must be considered to provide optimal care. Current guidelines and evidence-based research are used to support the care recommendations. Pediatric Primary Care Case Studies provides realistic ambulatory care cases that allows students to develop their critical thinking skills as they work through common situations faced by health care providers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763761363
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	08/20/2009
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	546
Sales rank:	686,035
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Burns has been an educator of nurse practitioners in pediatric primary care for 30 years, lead author for Pediatric Primary Care (2009) which is in its 4th edition and has won several awards over the years; past president National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Dr. Burns received the Henry K. Silver Award from NAPNAP in 2001. She is active with the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the NAPNAP Foundation. She has consulted with pediatric nurse practitioner programs and has been honored nationally for her work as a PNP educator.

Dr. Richardson is an Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing and Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program.She has served on the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as well as several positions within NAPNAP. Dr. Richardson received the prestigious Henry K. Silver Award from NAPNAP in 2004. She was designated a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2007), PNP of the Year of the Indiana Chapter of NAPNAP (2005), and editor of Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (2006,Elsevier).

Dr. Brady has been a nurse educator at California State University and is currently the co-director of the PNP program at Azusa Pacific University. She is a co-editor of Pediatric Primary Care (2009) and has worked with Dr. Burns on all four editions of this textbook. She has also published journal articles on such topics as obesity in children and maternal depression. She is a past president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. She remains active in NAPNAP and continues to serve as one of the co-leaders for its obesity prevention initiative.

Table of Contents

Unit Title Page
Unit Preface
Chapter 1 Diagnostic Reasoning: A Complex Issue for Pediatric Primary Care
Unit I DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS
Chapter 2 An Infant with Motor Delays
Chapter 3 A Toddler with Language and Social Delays
Chapter 4 A School-age Child with School Failure Problems
Chapter 5 An Adolescent with Fatigue
Unit II FUNCTIONAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
Chapter 6 The Well Infant
Chapter 7 An Overweight Preschooler
Chapter 8 The Breast-fed Infant who is Not Gaining
Chapter 9 The Constipated 8 Year-old
Chapter 10 The Teen Needing a “Sports Physical”
Chapter 11 An Infant Who Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night
Chapter 12 The Kindergartener Who is Very Busy and Doesn’t Listen
Chapter 13 The Boy Who Draws A Picture Suggesting An Abuse Situation
Chapter 14 The 14 Year-old Who Looks Depressed
Chapter 15 The Teen Who Declares She Is Gay
Unit III DISEASES
Chapter 16 The Child with a Fever
Chapter 17 The Wheezing Child
Chapter 18 The Overweight Child with a High Blood Sugar
Chapter 19 Migrant Farmworker's toddler with anemia
Chapter 20 The Child with a Headache
Chapter 21 The Preschooler with a Red Eye
Chapter 22 The Preschooler with Recurrent Ear Infections
Chapter 23 The Athlete Who Experienced Syncope
Chapter 24 The Child with a Cough
Chapter 25 The Child with Vomiting and Diarrhea
Chapter 26 Three Children with Dental Trauma
Chapter 27 The Preschooler with Painful Urination
Chapter 28 The 15 Year-old Girl who Wants Birth Control
Chapter 29 The 16 Year-old Girl with a Vaginal Discharge
Chapter 30 The Child with an Itchy Rash
Chapter 31 The Teen Boy with Acne
Chapter 32 The Child with a Limp
Chapter 33 The Preterm Baby Beginning Well-child Care
Chapter 34 A Child with Short Stature