,Essentials of Pediatric
Nursing
, Acquisitions Editor: Elizabeth Nieginski/Jean Rodenberger
Development Editor: Danielle DiPalma/Erin Sweeney
Senior Production Editor: Tom Gibbons
Director of Nursing Production: Helen Ewan
Senior Managing Editor / Production: Erika Kors
Design Coordinator: Holly Reid McLaughlin
Cover Designer: Bess Kiethas
Art Director, Illustration: Brett MacNaughton
Senior Manufacturing Manager: William Alberti
Indexer: Kathy Pitcoff
Compositor: Circle Graphics
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-5115-2
ISBN-10: 0-7817-5115-2
Copyright © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business. All rights reserved. This
book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
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987654321
Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kyle, Terri.
Essentials of pediatric nursing / Terri Kyle.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-5115-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Nursing
, Acquisitions Editor: Elizabeth Nieginski/Jean Rodenberger
Development Editor: Danielle DiPalma/Erin Sweeney
Senior Production Editor: Tom Gibbons
Director of Nursing Production: Helen Ewan
Senior Managing Editor / Production: Erika Kors
Design Coordinator: Holly Reid McLaughlin
Cover Designer: Bess Kiethas
Art Director, Illustration: Brett MacNaughton
Senior Manufacturing Manager: William Alberti
Indexer: Kathy Pitcoff
Compositor: Circle Graphics
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-5115-2
ISBN-10: 0-7817-5115-2
Copyright © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business. All rights reserved. This
book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, including as photocopies or scanned-in or other electronic copies, or utilized by any
information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, except for
brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Materials appearing in this book prepared by
individuals as part of their official duties as U.S. government employees are not covered by the above-
mentioned copyright. To request permission, please contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 530 Walnut
Street, Philadelphia PA 19106, via email at or via website at lww.com (products
and services).
987654321
Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kyle, Terri.
Essentials of pediatric nursing / Terri Kyle.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-5115-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
