This primary "essentials textbook" is intended for the increasingly shortened Pediatrics course and programs with an integrated pediatric curriculum. With a unique concept-based approach and nursing process focus, this book helps students go from concept to application by building on previously mastered knowledge and highlighting nursing management.

Organized into four logical units, this book covers a broad scope of topics emphasizing common issues and pediatric-specific information. Unique features include Healthy People 2010 boxes, Common Medical Treatments and Common Lab/Diagnostic Tables, and Teaching Guidelines.

A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website provide numerous student and instructor resources, including video clips of each developmental stage and care of the hospitalized child.