Juta’s Introduction to Paediatric Surgical Nursing is an evidence-based textbook focusing specifically on key considerations in the nursing management of common surgical conditions in infants and children. It can be used as a standalone volume, or as a companion volume to Juta’s Complete Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing. Juta’s Introduction to Paediatric Surgical Nursing is easy to read and its content can be integrated into everyday activities in the paediatric surgical ward.

Key Features

• Clear illustrations that show anatomical anomalies

• Medico-legal and ethical considerations for conditions

• ‘Clinical Alert’, ‘Nursing Alert’, ‘Practice Alert’ and ‘Information’ boxes that highlight important information

• Pre- and post-operative care plans

• Learner activities at the end of each chapter.

Section 1: Introduction to child care

·         Chapter 1: Introduction to child care

·         Chapter 2: Reactions of a child to hospitalization 

Section 2: Introduction to surgical nursing in child care

·         Chapter 3:Nursing care of a child in the pre-operative period

·         Chapter 4: Intraoperative nursing care of children

·         Chapter 5: Postoperative nursing care of children

 Section 3: Common surgical conditions in children

·         Chapter 6: Surgical conditions of the face: cleft lip and cleft palate

·         Chapter 7: Congenital defects of the gastrointestinal tract system 

Section 4: Inflammatory surgical conditions

·         Chapter 8: Acute appendicitis and appendicectomy

·         Chapter 9: Tonsillitis, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

·         Chapter 10: The child and trauma: fractures

·         Chapter 11: Surgical conditions of the central nervous system: hydrocephalus

·         Addendum A: Guidelines on basic care provisions in surgical wards and paediatric units

Juta’s Introduction to Paediatric Surgical Nursing meets the requirements of the current Nursing programmes and their proposed updates and is suitable as a prescribed textbook for learners registered in the following programmes: Auxiliary Nurse, Staff Nurse and Professional Nurse. It is also recommended as a reference for clinical nurse practitioners.