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This text is designed to promote critical thinking in nursing care for infants, children, and adolescents in hospitals and the community. Evidence-based Pediatric Nursing supports students to discover and synthesize new knowledge through the use of current evidence-based findings. This knowledge promotes collaboration with children, families, and other members of the health care team to create a holistic plan of care. It views health promotion and health maintenance interventions as an essential, continuous process that begins in pregnancy and develops throughout the lifecycle, regardless of pathology. This text also provides an introduction to evidence-based research to promote a research-practice connection to guide nursing practice.This text uses the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, and Healthy People 2020 recommendations to guide nursing interventions. In addition, the Institute of Medicine and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies give context to the evidence-based interventions. This text takes a visual approach with photographs, charts, and illustrations to reinforce concepts. After briefly introducing the physiologic basis for each nursing problem, it progresses through the steps of the nursing process, clearly delineating the role of the pediatric nurse. From normal growth and development, medication administration, and nutrition to an analysis of pathology that guides nursing and medical management of pediatric diseases and conditions―and chapter summaries emphasize important concepts.The text also comes with a code in the front of each new book that unlocks instructor and student resources. There are 300 questions to test student learning and further experience with NCLEX-style questions.