Description:Advanced Pediatric Assessment provides a detailed and comprehensive approach to obtaining the history and physical examination of children, birth through adolescence. The textbook approaches the health assessment of the pediatric client by using a body systems framework in the context of developmental and cultural aspects of child assessment. In addition to physical assessment, emphasis is placed on placed on the child’s psychosocial health, with chapters on communication, family assessment, mental health assessment and assessment of abuse and neglect. Health maintenance and wellness is also emphasized, with separate chapters on pediatric health supervision, nutrition and safety.