Child Health Nursing: Partnering with Children and Families (Hardcover)

by Jane W. Ball (Author), Ruth McGillis Bindler (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Partnering!

 

Students need to become partners with children, families, and the community in order to provide competent and effective nursing care. Child Health Nursing: Partnering with Children & Families equips students with the skills they need to become leaders and patient advocates in pediatric nursing by focusing on contemporary issues, a variety of clients, diverse care settings, and nursing responsibilities. 

 

Students and faculty say about…

Partnering with Children--

•  “[Ball] had a more direct application to the care of children in the community…I find this very relevant to the current trends in the care of the pediatric population.” Janice Bidwell, RN, MN, CNS, San Diego State University
•  “[Ball is] more reader friendly.  I feel like it provides us with helpful info for dealing with children and families.” Kathleen Moore, Student, Grand Valley State University

 Partnering with Families–

• “Partnering with Families is very good and emphasizes the expertise of parents.”  Sandra Mott, PhD, RN, Boston College
•  “A strength…is the focus upon collaboration with the family to establish a ‘continuing partnership’. This is excellent!”  Lynn Rasmussen, PhD, RNC, NNP, University of Missouri-Kansas City

 Partnering with the Community--

•  “I found the chapter to be quite comprehensive.  I prefer having all respiratory integrated into one chapter….the community care coverage [is] nicely integrated.”  Sherry Knoppers, RN, MSN, PhD, Calvin College

 Partnering with Students–

•  “I would much rather read this book because it isn’t nearly as wordy as our current textbook and the same information is presented.”  Sara Bard, Student, Purdue University
•  “This book helps facilitate both preparation for nursing experiences and NCLEX very well.”  Stacy Lovejoy, Student, Grand Valley State University

 Partnering with Faculty–

•  “[Ball] is very readable, covers information in appropriate depth for a one-semester pediatric nursing course, and contains good applications for nursing practice.”   Jane Overbay, RN, MSN,CPNP, Purdue University
•  “…very comprehensive and complete — I was very impressed.”  Celeste Baldwin, PhD, RN, CNS, University of Toledo
•  “Kudos for doing such a nice job!”  Lea Melvin, MSN, RN, CCRN, The University of Texas at Arlington 
• “Keep that culture information coming in strong. You really are premiere in this category.”  Missy Fleck, RN, MSN, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• “…the book appears to be comprehensive.  An advantage is that health promotion is a strong focus, and the chapters are clearly written from a nursing perspective.”  Debra Hearington, MSN, RN, PNP, Virginia Commonwealth University 
• “I was particularly impressed with the discussion of pathophysiology to explain the disease process.” Patricia Nosel, MN, RN, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
•  “Overall, the content on anatomy and physiology is superb."  Mary Helming, MSN, Quinnipiac University

About the Author
Jane W. Ball

Jane W. Ball graduated from the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, and subsequently received a BS from the Johns Hopkins University. She worked in the surgical, pediatric emergency, and outpatient units of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Medical and Surgical Center, first as a staff nurse and then as a pediatric nurse practitioner. This began her career as a pediatric nurse and advocate for children’s health needs. Jane obtained both a Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health with a focus on Maternal and Child Health. After graduation she became the Chief of Child Health Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health. In this capacity she oversaw the state-funded well child clinics and explored ways to improve education for the state’s community health nurses. After relocating to Texas, she joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing to teach community pediatrics to RNs returning to school for a BSN. During this time she became involved in writing her first textbook, Mosby’s Guide to Physical Examination, and it is currently in its fifth edition. After relocating to the Washington, DC area, she joined Children’s National Medical Center to manage a federal project to teach instructors of Emergency Medical Technicians from all states about the special care children need during an emergency. Exposure to the shortcomings of the emergency medical services system in the late 1980s with regard to pediatric care was a career-changing event. With federal funding, she developed educational curricula for emergency medical technicians and emergency nurses to help them provide improved care for children. A textbook entitled Pediatric Emergencies, A Manual for Prehospital Providers was developed from these educational ventures. For the past 10 years she has managed the federally funded Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center. As executive director, Dr. Ball directs the provision of consultation and resource development for state health agencies, health professionals, families and advocates about successful methods to improve the health care system so that children get optimal emergency care in all health care settings.

 

Ruth C. Bindler

Ruth Bindler received her BSN from Cornell University — New York Hospital School of Nursing in New York. She worked in oncology nursing at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and then moved to Wisconsin and became a public health nurse in Dane County, Wisconsin.  Thus began her commitment to work with children as she visited children and their families at home, and served as a school nurse for several elementary, middle and high schools. Due to this interest in child health care needs, she earned a Master of Science degree in Child Development from the University of Wisconsin. A move to Washington State was accompanied by a new job as a faculty member at the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane, WA. Dr. Bindler has been fortunate to be involved for 28 years in the growth of this nursing education consortium, which is a combination of public and private universities and colleges and is now the Intercollegiate College of Nursing/Washington State University College of Nursing. Presently she teaches the theory course in child health and a course on cultural diversity and health, as well as serving as lead faculty for the theory and clinical components of child health nursing. Her first professional book, Pediatric Medications, was published in 1971, and she has continued to publish articles and books in the areas of pediatric medications and pediatric health. Special research interests are in the area of cardio