Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

This book offers solutions on how to enhance the normal development of the well child incorporating complementary medicine. The primary care provider is the only healthcare professional to see every child (0-18) and their parent, and can assess the child?s health and advise parents on how to provide a healthy environment and important practices to nurture healthy children.  

The book provides realistic scenarios encountered by new nurse practitioners in their clinical training. It is structured in a question and answer framework to help practitioners critically think through the best practices to be implemented during the well child visit and develop a plan of action for the family. This book provides assessment and diagnostic criteria and tools and presents common developmental and behavioral issues for each age group. The book promotes the role of professional as advocate by making recommendations for broad social policies to help all children succeed.

Provides an understandable clinical context for new nurse practitioners to care for child (0-18)

Offers realistic well child visits to develop NP's thinking skills

Incorporates professional advocacy and specific child development enhancement skills