An internationally known writer, researcher, consultant, and lecturer in the field of pediatric nursing, Donna Wong, PhD, RN, PNP, CPN, FAAN, serves as a consultant for nurses and health care providers around the globe. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa; an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing; an adjunct professor and consultant at Oral Roberts University Anna Vaughn School of Nursing in Tulsa; and a nursing consultant at The Children's Hospital at Saint Francis and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston.
This site contains many of the materials Donna Wong uses in her lectures, as well as updates to her books.
Donna Wong has also developed a scale for assessing pain in children; it is also used to assess pain in adults. Visit the FACES home page to learn more about the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale. A permission form to use the scale in copyrighted material is available as well as downloadable files for reproduction.
Includes corrections and/or explanations related to the content in your textbook.
For Your Information from Donna Wong provides a forum for Dr. Wong to communicate brief updates, her thoughts and opinions, controversial issues, and other items of interest on various aspects of pediatric nursing.
Whaley & Wong's Pediatric Nursing Video Series: Pain Assessment And
Management
Since the publication of this video in 1996, several changes have occurred
in pain management. To update the content in this video, please note the following:
TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline, and cocaine) as a topical anesthetic for suturing lacerations is no longer recommended; safer and equally effective preparations, such as LET (lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine), should be used.
EMLA is now approved for use in infants 37 weeks or more gestational age.
These are designed to accompany Donna Wong's speaking engagements.
Donna Wong has authored or co-authored more than 115 professional publications, including:
See Dr. Wong's video series and other Pediatric Nursing titles for further information.
April 1, 2005