title: Improving the primary care pediatric nurses provide to children and their families.
abstract: Pediatric nurses need to promote healthy behaviors and prevent disease and disability in the children for whom they care. This new column will help pediatric nurses keep abreast of strategies to improve primary care rendered to children and their families regardless of setting.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vessey
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care