Full Description
This market-leading textbook provides just the "right amount" of maternity and pediatric content in an easy-to-understand manner. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book includes 28 chapters on maternity nursing and the second part contains 27 chapters covering pediatric nursing. Numerous illustrations, photos, boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information. And because it's written by market-leading experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, you can be sure you're getting the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX examination.Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress.Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.Critical thinking case studies offer opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.Emergency boxes in the maternity unit guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures.Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content.Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.NEW! Content updates throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, shaken baby syndrome/traumatic brain injury, Healthy People 2020, car restraints, immunizations, and childhood obesity.NEW! Updated Evidence-Based Practice boxes including QSEN KSAs (knowledge, skills, attitudes) provide the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.NEW! Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.NEW! Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.
Contents
PART 1 Maternity Nursing21st Century Maternity NursingCommunity Care: The Family and CultureUNIT 2 REPRODUCTIVE YEARSAssessment and Health PromotionReproductive System ConcernsInfertility, Contraception, and AbortionUNIT 3 PREGNANCYGenetics, Conception, and Fetal DevelopmentAnatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy Nursing Care of the Family During PregnancyMaternal and Fetal NutritionAssessment of High Risk PregnancyHigh Risk Perinatal Care: Preexisting ConditionsHigh Risk Perinatal Care: Gestational ConditionsUNIT 4 CHILDBIRTHLabor and Birth ProcessesPain ManagementFetal Assessment During LaborNursing Care of the Family During Labor and BirthLabor and Birth ComplicationsUNIT 5 POSTPARTUM PERIODMaternal Physiologic ChangesNursing Care of the Family during the Postpartum PeriodTransition to ParenthoodPostpartum ComplicationsUNIT 6 NEWBORNPhysiologic Adaptations of the NewbornNursing Care of the Newborn and FamilyNewborn Nutrition and FeedingThe High Risk NewbornPART 2 PEDIATRIC NURSINGUNIT 7 CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE NURSE21st Century Pediatric NursingFamily, Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health PromotionDevelopmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health PromotionCommunication, History, and Physical AssessmentPain Assessment and ManagementUNIT 9 HEALTH PROMOTION AND SPECIAL HEALTH PROBLEMSThe Infant and FamilyThe Toddler and FamilyThe Preschooler and FamilyThe School-Age Child and FamilyThe Adolescent and FamilyUNIT 10 SPECIAL NEEDS, ILLNESS, AND HOSPITALIZATIONChronic Illness, Disability, and End-of-Life CareCognitive and Sensory ImpairmentFamily-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and HospitalizationPediatric Variations of Nursing InterventionsRespiratory DysfunctionGastrointestinal DysfunctionCardiovascular DysfunctionHematologic and Immunologic DysfunctionGenitourinary DysfunctionCerebral DysfunctionEndocrine DysfunctionIntegumentary DysfunctionMusculoskeletal or Articular DysfunctionNeuromuscular or Muscular DysfunctionAppendix A: Growth MeasurementsAppendix B: Common Laboratory TestsAppendix C: Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters
