Disciplines and Occupations

Pediatric Nursing

The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Children and Young People's Nursing
  • Nursing, Pediatric
  • Nursings, Pediatric
  • Pediatric Nursings

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

check also the tag CHILD or specific

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History Note

67

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing (1966)
  • Nursing Care (1966)
  • Pediatrics (1966)

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NLM Classification

WY 159

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pediatric Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010371. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010371
  2. Pediatric Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatric_nursing
  3. Pediatric Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741837