Main description:

This portable, photo-rich guide to physical examination for Nurse Practitioners and other primary care providers will help you develop the unique range of skills required to assess children of all ages. System chapters begin with embryological development and review the key developmental stages of childhood. For infants and young children, this step-by-step guide uses the "quiet-to-active" approach favored by pediatric experts and considered more effective for this age-group than the traditional head-to-toe approach used for adults. Other key topics include pediatric mental health assessment and growth and development screening and surveillance.

"This handbook serves more than its obligatory purpose by inserting the relevant additional information about basic information. Addressing the needs of the parent while caring for the child has been given due importance.Various examination techniques have been very well explained and beautifully illustrated. This handbook serves the needs of undergraduate medical students ,nursing students and is good refresher for Pediatric post graduates." Reviewed by: Neel Kamal, Date: Aug. 14

Contents:

Unit I: General Assessment

1. Approach to Care and Assessment of Children and Adolescents
2. Assessment Parameters
3. Developmental Surveillance and Screening
4. Comprehensive Information Gathering
5. Environmental Health History

Unit II: System-Specific Assessment

6. Skin
7. Heart and Vascular System
8. Chest and Respiratory System
9. Head and Neck
10. Lymphatic System
11. Eyes
12. Ears
13. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
14. Abdomen and Rectum
15. Male Genitalia
16. Male and Female Breast
17. Female Genitalia
18. Musculoskeletal System
19. Neurological System

Unit III: Charting Pediatric Health Care Visits

20. Charting Pediatric Comprehensive and Symptom-Focused Health Care Visits

Appendix A Gender- and Age-Specific Growth Charts and Preterm Growth Chart

Appendix B Body Mass Index-for-Age Growth Charts

Appendix C Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)

Appendix D Pediatric Symptom Checklist

Appendix E Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Screener

Appendix F Pediatric Environmental History

Appendix G Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT 2)