This distinguished title, written by nationally recognized nursing experts in health care and pediatrics, delivers the most current evidence-based practice standards and their application. This second edition contains substantial updates to all guidelines based on the most current research evidence and demonstrates how best to apply the guidelines to nursing practice.

Table of Contents

• About
• Contributors
• Foreword by Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Preface
• 1 Children and Youth Have an Identified Health Care Home (Medical Home) - Barbara Velsor-Friedrich and Patricia Vernal Burkhart
• 2 Children, Youth, and Families Receive Care That Supports Growth and Development - Leigh Small and Terri H. Lipman
• 3 Children, Youth, Families, and Health Care Providers Are Partners in Decisions, Planning, and Delivery of Care, Including Appropriate Community Services - Janet A. Deatrick and Roberta S. Rehm
• 4 Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Preferences Are Integral to Family-Centered Care - Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Jill F. Kilanowski, and Tami L. Thomas
• 5 Family Concerns Are Recognized as a Priority, and Family Strengths Are Respected and Supported in the Care of Children and Youth - Linda A. Lewandowski and Martha K. Swartz
• 6 Children, Youth, and Families Have High-Quality, Affordable, and Accessible Health Care - Judith A. Vessey, Cindy Smith Greenberg, and Amanda J. Lulloff
• 7 The Child's, Youth's, and Family's Needs Are Identified, Prioritized, and Services Are Offered - Bonnie Gance-Cleveland
• 8 Children, Youth, and Families Receive Care That Optimizes Wellness, Promotes and Maintains Physical and Mental Health, and Prevents Disease and Injury - Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Sharon Tucker, and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
• 9 Pregnant Adolescents and Women, Children, Youth, and Families Have Access to Genetic and Genomic Testing and Genomic-Appropriate Counseling - Madalynn Neu and Pamela J. Burke
• 10 Children and Youth Receive Care That Is Delivered in a Physically and Emotionally Safe Environment - Anne L. Turner-Henson and Marilyn J. Krajicek
• 11 Children's, Youth's, and Families’ Privacy and Rights Are Protected - Ann Marie Rhodes and Martha Dewey Bergren
• 12 Children and Youth With Acute, Critical, or Chronic Needs and Their Families Receive the Full Range of Services - Nancy Blake
• 13 Children and Youth With Disabilities and/or Special Health Care Needs and Their Families Receive the Full Range of Services - Cecily L. Betz and Kathleen J. Sawin
• 14 Children, Youth, and Families Receive Appropriate Palliative and/or Hospice Care - Margaret M. Mahon
• 15 Children, Youth, and Families Receive Appropriate Prevention and Community Referral Services - M. Cynthia Logsdon and Rita H. Pickler
• 16 Children's, Youth's, and Families’ Health Risk Behaviors and Problems Are Identified and Addressed - Eileen K. Fry-Bowers
• 17 Children, Youth, and Families Are Fully Informed of the Process, Outcomes, and Alternatives to Care, Including Quality of Life - Cecily L. Betz