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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The latest version of Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills provides hospitals with over 200 pediatric procedures, as well as upgraded search, editing and archiving capabilities. Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills is an Internet-based, point-of-care tool published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins that offers evidence-based clinical reference and training for nurses and unprecedented support for hospitals seeking American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) MagnetTM accreditation. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

The new pediatric procedures, built and expanded from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' popular Bowden: Pediatric Nursing Procedures, are in addition to the existing base of over 580 nursing procedures currently offered in Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills.

"We are pleased to be able to provide hospitals with this exceptional amount of content specially designed for the unique needs of the pediatric nurse," says Judy McCann, Executive Publisher, Nursing Practice, Wolters Kluwer Health. "Nurse managers will also benefit from valuable enhancements including an upgraded text editor, an improved audit trail, and increased search, archiving and email capabilities."

Developed by a team of expert nurses with extensive clinical experience, Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills offers an impressive combination of features that help promote, monitor, and maintain staff excellence. The more than 780 procedures and skills have been thoroughly reviewed by in-house Wolters Kluwer Health staff and independent reviewers to ensure that all content is in full compliance with nursing practice standards and the guidelines of The Joint Commission, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and other respected nursing authorities. Nearly 1,200 full-color images and videos give nurses accurate, step-by-step guidance and show critical steps of procedures being performed. "Quick Lists" provide brief refreshers when time is critical.

For more information or to request a free-trial of Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills, contact your Lippincott Williams & Wilkins representative at 1-800-326-1685.

About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (www.LWW.com) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company with annual revenues (2007) of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,544 people worldwide. Visit www.WoltersKluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

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