Richardson (nursing, Indiana U.) presents a spiral-bound reference for nurses on pediatric guidelines for nutrition, growth and development, injury prevention, sleep patterns, elimination, common childhood disorders, and well child care. In an outline format, nurses from the US provide 35 chapters covering history taking, newborn rounding, breastfeeding, and visits throughout childhood, followed by disorders of each body system and their etiology, occurrence, clinical manifestations, physical findings, diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, treatment follow-up, complications, and patient/family education. Appendices include a list of pediatric medications and their uses, availability, adverse effects, and nursing implications. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)