Pediatric Nursing: A Case-Based Approach , 2nd Edition , brings the realities of pediatric nursing practice to life to help you ensure the concept mastery and clinical readiness essential to success on the Next-Generation NCLEX(R) and prepare students for the challenges they'll encounter throughout their nursing careers. Threaded throughout the text, 15 fictional scenarios based on real clinical cases put pediatric concepts in a practical, explanatory context and challenge students to apply their understanding, reinforcing chapter content and promoting critical thinking and clinical analysis. As students work through this innovative, case-based approach, they gain key insights into growth and development, body systems, and pharmacologic therapy while practicing the clinical judgment, patient advocacy, and patient education capabilities they'll employ every day in clinical practice. Updated coverage in this enhanced 2nd edition readies students for the clinical challenges ahead, including COVID-19, child abuse and neglect, school health, iron deficiency anemia, mental health, and immunization. New Building Clinical Judgment and Essential Nursing Competencies cultivate clinical reasoning skills and ensure the preparation for success in any practice setting.