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Core Curriculum for Pediatric Critical Care Nursing, 2nd edition (2006)
By M.C. Slota (AACN)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9781416001577
http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416001577

Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing, 2nd edition (2009)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
ISBN: 0763701769
http://admin.ena.org/store/

Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th edition (2008)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
ISBN-13: 9781416037552
http://admin.ena.org/store/

Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course Provider Manual, 3rd edition (2005)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0935890823
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To purchase this manual, please call ENA Course Operations directly at
800-900-9659 ext. 4120

Emergency Nursing Procedures, 4th edition (2009)
By Jean Proehl
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
ISBN-13: 9781416040989
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http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416040989

Mosby's Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care, Revised Reprint (2007)
By Barbara Aehlert
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN-13: 9780323047463
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http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780323047463

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Manual
By the American Heart Association
This text is available upon signing up for the course. You may have one in your hospital library.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012001

Sheehy's Emergency Nursing Principles and Practice, 6th edition (2010)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN-13: 9780323055857
http://www.ena.org/store/

Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, 6th edition (2005)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Publisher: Elsevier

ISBN-13: 9780323055857
http://www.ena.org/store/

Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th edition (2005)
By Gary R. Fleischer, Stephen Ludwig, Fred M. Henretig, and Richard M. Ruddy
Publisher: Lippincott
ISBN-13: 9780781750745
http://www.lww.com/product/?978-0-7817-5074-5

Trauma Nursing Core Course Provider Manual, 6th edition (2007)
By Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
ISBN: 0935890998
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To purchase this manual, please call ENA Course Operations directly at 800-900-9659 ext. 4120

Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 8th edition (2007)
By Marilyn J. Hockenberry and David Wilson
Publisher: Mosby/Elsevier
ISBN-13: 9780323039635
http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780323039635