Paediatric neurosurgery for nurses [electronic resource] : evidence-based care for children and their families / Joanna Smith and Catherine Martin

Author	Smith, Joanna, 1963-
Title	Paediatric neurosurgery for nurses [electronic resource] : evidence-based care for children and their families / Joanna Smith and Catherine Martin
Imprint	London ; New York : Routledge, 2009
Connect to	http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=232648
Descript	xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

Overview of anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system -- General principles of caring for the child with a neurological impairment -- General principles of caring for the child requiring neurosurgery -- Hydrocephalus -- Traumatic brain injury -- Craniosynostosis -- Brain tumours -- Surgical management of epilepsy in children -- Cerebrovascular disorders -- Neural tube defects

SUBJECT

Pediatric neurology
Pediatric nursing
Neurological nursing
Nervous system -- Surgery
Neurosurgical Procedures -- nursing
Child
Evidence-Based Medicine -- methods
Nervous System Diseases -- physiopathology
Nervous System Diseases -- surgery
Pediatric Nursing -- methods
Electronic books.