Hill (professor emeritus, nursing, Mississippi University for Women) and Sullivan (Mississippi University for Women) offer guidelines for assessing, evaluating, and treating pediatric patients in this pocket (4.5x8") manual for nurse practitioners. Early chapters cover health promotion, sports, and common presenting symptoms and problems, while the rest of the handbook covers disorders of various body systems, psychosocial problems, and environment problems, with brief descriptions of signs and symptoms and notes on etiology, differential diagnosis, diagnostic tests, and treatment. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

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