Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses, Third Edition is an advanced practice primary care text for nursing students to use in their clinical course. This user-friendly, comprehensive texts guides students through situations they will encounter with pediatric patients. The Third Edition contains updated practice guidelines in existing chapters, as well as a new chapter of common genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome, Rett Syndrom, Trisomy 18, and Edward Syndrome. Each chapter will include case studies and discussion questions.

Author Biography

Dr. Richardson is an Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing and Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program.She has served on the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as well as several positions within NAPNAP. Dr. Richardson received the prestigious Henry K. Silver Award from NAPNAP in 2004. She was designated a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2007), PNP of the Year of the Indiana Chapter of NAPNAP (2005), and editor of Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (2006,Elsevier).