Optimize Pediatric Well Visits with NEST & FLY Mnemonic: A Comprehensive Pocket Guide

By Tanya Fernandez, MS, PA-C, IBCLC, this pocket-sized resource is designed to methodically guide healthcare providers through pediatric well visits, ensuring consistent and thorough evaluation of patients from newborn to adolescence.

A Unique Approach to Pediatric Care

This primary care guide stands out with its unique NEST & FLY mnemonic, applied throughout to ensure a comprehensive exam. The mnemonic guides physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers through each well visit, covering essential aspects of pediatric care.

Ease of Use with Color-Coded Tables

The guide features easy-to-navigate, color-coded tables that provide quick access to information on:

• Nutrition and elimination
• Growth and development
• Family and social environment
• Physical and cognitive development

These tables enable healthcare providers to swiftly assess and address the unique needs of their pediatric patients.

Key Features for Pediatric Well Visits

This comprehensive guide offers:

• Interviewing strategies and questions for gathering an updated history
• Step-by-step guidelines for a thorough head-to-toe physical examination
• Anticipatory guidance suggestions for caregivers and patient education by age group
• A logical and easy-to-remember mnemonic for gathering a comprehensive well-child history
• Pertinent questions, including psychosocial screening, and anticipatory guidance by age
• Key developmental features organized in easy-to-read tables and charts
• A health promotion-related approach to patient and family care
• Suggested vaccine schedule, easy-reference dosing for acetaminophen and ibuprofen by age and weight

Publisher Information

Published by Springer Publishing Company, this 1st edition (August 26, 2021) is available in English and features 200 pages in a spiral-bound format. ISBN-10: 0826156460, ISBN-13: 978-0826156464