Child health nursing is an area of nursing and medical practice with a focus on providing holistic care to infants, children and adolescents. It differs from paediatrics, in that the emphasis in paediatrics is ill-health and the alleviation of symptoms or disease.
One of the major principles of paediatric nursing is the concept of family centred care. Paediatric nurses function to support the family by providing nursing care that the family cannot perform, educating and supporting them to maintain their normal caring activities and actively viewing the parents as partners in the care process.
Pediatrics Nursing & Pediatrics Nurses

Child Neurology Home Page - An index of pediatric neurology resources on the Internet.
Congenital Heart Disease - Information and Resources - Interactive forums, resources, and internet links for families, adults with CHD, nurses, and other health care professionals with an interest in pediatric cardiology.
Pediatric Cardiology - Teaching resources for pediatric critical care and cardiology, from the University of Kansas Medical Center.
picuBOOK - An interactive textbook of pediatric critical care. Indexed by specialty with linked bibliography where available. (English, Spanish, French, and Russian)
Rush Pediatric Cardiology - Extensive information, illustrations and animations for health care professionals and patients/families regarding cardiac development and congenital heart defects and acquired heart diseases in children.
Meta Description: [ Rush Children's Hospital provides complete clinical services for the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired heart disease in children and young adults. ]
University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics - Includes teaching files on the subjects of neonatology, pulmonary and critical care, case presentations and a small section on hematology.
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