Manual of school health /
By: Lewis, Keeta DeStefano.
Contributor(s): Bear, Bonnie J.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Saunders, 2002Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiii, 614 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0721685218; 9780721685212:.Subject(s): School nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | School children -- Health and hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 371.712Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Withdrawn | 371.712 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | M026282 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Growth and development characteristics -- Vision and hearing -- Acute conditions -- Chronic conditions -- Affective and behavioral disorders -- Substance abuse -- Violence -- Adolescent and gender-specific issues -- Special education -- Twenty-first century health challenges -- Emergency disaster preparedness and first aid -- Appendix A : growth measurements (anthropometry) -- Appendix B : immunizations -- Appendix C : dental development -- Appendix D : Tanner stages of development -- Appendix E : conversion tables, formulas, and biostatistics -- Appendix F : nutritional allowances and supplements -- Appendix G : vital signs for normal values -- Appendix H : reference ranges for laboratory tests -- Appendix I : weights and measures -- Appendix J : national health and educational resources -- Appendix K : English-Spanish equivalents of commonly used health terms and phrases.
The original edition of this book dates back to 1986. The second edition includes significant new information on growth and development, substance abuse, disaster preparedness and numerous Web sites on the health needs of children in schools.