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Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child

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  1. Deborah Kramer

    1. Department of Nursing, College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York, USA

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  • Provides an understandable clinical context for new nurse practitioners to care for child (0-18)

  • Offers realistic well child visits to develop NP's thinking skills

  • Incorporates professional advocacy and specific child development enhancement skills

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
    PDF

  2. Preparation for the Well-Child Visit

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. Introduction

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 3-5

    3. Overview of the Well-Child Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 7-14

    4. Role of Development

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 15-23

    5. Health History and Physical Exam

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 25-44

    6. The Primary Care Provider as Advocate

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 45-48

    7. Complementary Medicine

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 49-81

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
      PDF

    2. Newborn Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 85-102

    3. Two-Week Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 103-109

    4. Two-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 111-120

    5. Four-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 121-131

    6. Six-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 133-140

    7. Nine-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 141-147

    8. One-Year Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 149-156

    9. Eighteen-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 157-165

    10. Two-Year Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 167-172

    11. Thirty-Month Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 173-178

    12. Three-Year Visit

      • Deborah Kramer
      Pages 179-185
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About this book

This book offers solutions on how to enhance the normal development of the well child incorporating complementary medicine. The primary care provider is the only healthcare professional to see every child (0-18) and their parent, and can assess the child’s health and advise parents on how to provide a healthy environment and important practices to nurture healthy children.  

The book provides realistic scenarios encountered by new nurse practitioners in their clinical training. It is structured in a question and answer framework to help practitioners critically think through the best practices to be implemented during the well child visit and develop a plan of action for the family. This book provides assessment and diagnostic criteria and tools and presents common developmental and behavioral issues for each age group. The book promotes the role of professional as advocate by making recommendations for broad social policies to help all children succeed.

 

 

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Keywords

  • Clinical assessment
  • Parent education
  • Child development
  • Anticipatory guidance
  • Critical clinical decision-making
  • Microbial health
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Gut-brain health
  • Sensory motor integration
  • Cultural sensitivity
  • Enhancing development
  • maternal and child health
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Reviews

“Case studies related to well‐child care are the primary focus of this book, designed for nurse practitioner (NP) students. It covers developmental care, and includes case study examples of diverse well‐child care scenarios. … The objectives are appropriate, but there are a variety of other resources on well‐child care that cover this topic. … The book is intended primarily for NP students as a ‘teaching text’ … .” (Anne Turner‐Henson, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2017)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Nursing, College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York, USA

    Deborah Kramer

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About the author

Dr. Deborah Kramer has been teaching nursing at the graduate and undergraduate levels for the past 32 years. She has been a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner since 1982, and has expertise in primary care, early intervention (0-3 years), individuals with disabilities and in alternative and complementary therapies. She has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2006. 
Dr. Kramer is currently Professor of Nursing at College of Mount Saint Vincent Department of Nursing (New-York), where she works clinically with children with special needs. She also evaluates medical needs and develops inclusion programs for children and young adults with developmental disabilities in the community. Her summer camp inclusion program has been replicated by nonprofit organizations in other camp settings. She has an integrated private practice in complementary/alternative therapies. She has presented lectures nationally and internationally on Brain Development in Infants and Children, and on Energy Medicine, and other complementary therapies and published on the topic.  

Dr. Kramer’s area of research is in burnout in pediatric hematology/oncology staff and she has published some initial findings of her international study. Her Masters of Science in Nursing was earned at Columbia University School of Nursing, and Masters and Doctorate in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. 
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child

  • Authors: Deborah Kramer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56708-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56707-5Published: 24 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85979-8Published: 13 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56708-2Published: 11 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 277

  • Topics: Nursing, Childhood Education, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Internal Medicine

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