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CPN Certification Reference List
The PNCB recommends that in reviewing for the examination,
you use a pediatric nursing textbook you are familiar with and one that
focuses on the subject areas covered by the CPN
Exam Content Outline. Other candidates have found the most current
edition of the following references useful for their review. The PNCB,
does not endorse nor have any proprietary relationship with any of the
below mentioned textbooks or handbooks or review courses
Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health
Supervision of Infants, Children in Maternal & Child Health and Adolescents,
2nd edition, rev. (2002). Green, M. (Ed.). Arlington, VA: National Center
for Education in Maternal and Child Health, pp. 338, ISBN: 1-57285-070-1.
Core Curriculum for the Nursing Care of Children and Their Families
(2006). Pitman, NJ: Jannetti Pubilcations, Inc. - Edited by Marion E.
Broome and Judy A. Rollins, pp. 453, 31 Chapters, Hardback , ISBN: 0965337928
(www.ajj.com).
Harriet Lane Handbook, 17th Edition (2005).
By The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pediatrics; George Siberry,
MD, MPH, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; and Robert Iannone,
MD, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Soft cover, pp.1,046, ISBN:
0323008127.
Lippincott's Review Series: Pediatric Nursing,
4th Edition (2004). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Author: Mary
E. Muscari. ISBN: 1582553419.
Mosby's Pediatric Nursing Reference, 5th
Edition (2003). Mosby, Inc. Authors: Betz, C. L. & Sowden, L.A. ISBN:
0-323-01979-X.
Pediatric Nursing Procedures (2003). Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. Authors: Vicky R. Bowden & Cindy Smith Greenberg.
pp. 718, ISBN: 0-7817-3921-3.
Pediatric Dosage Handbook, 12th Edition.
Lexi-Comp - Authors: Carol K. Taketomo, Jane Hurlburt Hodding, Donna M.
Kraus, pp. 1,302, ISBN: 1-59195-092-9.
Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children,
7th Edition (2003). Mosby Inc. - Authors: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, David
Wilson, Marilyn L. Winkelstein, Nancy Kline, pp. 1,409, ISBN: 0-323-01722-3.
Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 7th
Edition (2005). Elsevier. Authors: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, David Wilson,
Marilyn L. Winkelstein, pp. 1,264, ISBN 0-323-02593-5.
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