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Informationen zum Autor Linda L. Eddy, Ph.D., RN, CPNP , is Associate Professor for the College of Nursing at Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington, USA. Klappentext Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals provides a guide for addressing the challenges of providing optimal general and routine care for the special needs population. More than just caring for the patients, the text stresses the importance of caring for their families as well. The book begins with chapters on common aspects of this population, including physical or sensory disabilities and developmental and learning disabilities. Subsequent chapters expound on more specific topics related to communication, mobility, emotional issues, quality of life, and end-of-life. Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families is a must-have book for family and pediatric nurse practitioners, registered nurses, healthcare technicians, physician assistants and social services professionals who see these patients regularly as part of their daily patient load. Zusammenfassung Practical guide to providing optimal healthcare to children with special needs Addresses physical and developmental disabilities Utilized individual and family theory to serve the family as a whole . Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors xv 1 Introduction 3 Linda L. Eddy 2 Common Physical or Sensory Disabilities 9 Mary C. Sobralske Cerebral Palsy 11 Diagnosis, etiology, and risk factors of CP 11 Presenting signs and symptoms of CP 13 Classification of CP 14 Prognosis and complications 15 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 16 Role of nursing 18 Roles of occupational and physical therapy 19 Roles of speech and language therapy 20 Roles of social work and psychology 21 Transition to adulthood 21 Neural Tube Defects (Myelodysplasia/Spina Bifida) 23 Etiology 23 Presenting signs and symptoms 24 Prognosis 25 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 25 Roles of nursing 27 Occupational and physical therapy 27 Speech and language therapy 28 Social work and psychology 29 Transition to adulthood 29 Muscular Dystrophy 29 Etiologies of muscular dystrophy 30 Presenting signs and symptoms 30 Prognosis 31 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 31 Roles of nursing 32 Occupational and physical therapy 33 Speech and language therapy 33 Social work and psychology 34 Traumatic Brain Injury 34 Etiologies 34 Presenting signs and symptoms 34 Prognosis 35 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 35 Roles of nursing 35 Occupational and physical therapy 36 Speech and language therapy 36 Spinal Cord Injury 36 Etiologies 36 Prognosis 37 Presenting signs and symptoms 37 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 37 Roles of healthcare providers 38 Occupational, physical, and speech therapies 40 Social work and psychology 40 Children with Deafness and Hearing Impairment 41 Etiology of deafness 41 Presenting signs and symptoms 42 Prognosis 43 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 43 Role of nursing 44 Occupational and physical therapy 45 Speech and language therapy 45 Social work and psychology 46 Children with Blindness and Visual Impairment 46 Etiology 47 Presenting signs and symptoms 47 Prognosis 48 Common pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies 48 Role of nursing 48 Occupational and...
