Full Description
Easily master maternity and pediatric nursing care with Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th Edition. This easy-to-read text is filled with a wealth of user-friendly features to help you quickly master essential concepts and skills. It offers completely updated content - including expanded information on the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman and children, and enhanced coverage of the QSEN initiative. It also features an abundance of active learning tools so you have ample opportunities to practice applying your knowledge and skills.Nursing care plans help you apply the nursing process to plan individualized care for the most common maternity and pediatric conditions.Critical to Remember boxes summarize and highlight essential, need-to-know information.Critical Thinking Exercises allow you to apply your knowledge to realistic clinical situations.Communication Cues provide practical tips for effective verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families. Clinical Reference sections in pediatric chapters present information relevant to each body system, including anatomy and physiology, differences in the pediatric patient, and related laboratory and diagnostic tests. Safety Alerts call attention to important patient safety considerations for better outcomes of nursing care.Glossary at the end of the book offers quick access to all key terms and definitions presented in the text.Want to Know boxes provide teaching guidelines such as communication guides directed at patients and families.Pathophysiology boxes present an illustrated overview of disorders.Updated drug guides summarize key medication information.NEW! Completely updated content includes expanded information on the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman and children, and the QSEN initiative.UPDATED! Evidence-Based Practice boxes with newly researched topics offer the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care. UPDATED! Online resources offer the best interactive tools to learn in the most effective way possible. NEW! Improved consistency between maternity and pediatric sections makes it easier to switch from one area to the other for more efficient learning.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH NURSING1. Foundations of Maternity, Women's Health, and Child Health Nursing2. The Nurse's Role in Maternity, Women's Health, and Pediatric Nursing3. The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family4. Communicating with Children and Families 5. Health Promotion for the Developing Child6. Health Promotion for the Infant7. Health Promotion During Early Childhood8. Health Promotion for the School-Age Child9. Health Promotion for the Adolescent10. Heredity and Environmental Influences on DevelopmentMATERNITY NURSING CARE11. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology12. Conception and Prenatal Development13. Adaptations to Pregnancy14. Nutrition for Childbearing15. Prenatal Diagnostic Tests16. Giving Birth17. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance18. Pain Management for Childbirth19. Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures20. Postpartum Adaptations21. The Normal Newborn: Adaptation and Assessment22. The Normal Newborn: Nursing Care23. Newborn Feeding24. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs25. Pregnancy-Related Complications26. Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy27. The Woman with an Intrapartum Complication28. The Woman with a Postpartum Complication29. The High-Risk Newborn: Problems Related to Gestational Age and Development30. The High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions31. Management of Fertility and Infertility32. Women's Health CarePEDIATRIC NURSING CARE33. Physical Assessment of Children34. Emergency Care of the Child35. The III Child in the Hospital and Other Care Settings36. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal Illness37. Principles and Procedures for Nursing Care of Children38. Medication Administration and Safety for Infants and Children39. Pain Management for Children40. The Child with a Fluid and Electrolyte Alteration41. The Child with an Infectious Disease42. The Child with an Immunologic Alteration43. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Alteration44. The Child with a Genitourinary Alteration45. The Child with a Respiratory Alteration46. The Child with a Cardiovascular Alteration47. The Child with a Hematologic Alteration48. The Child with Cancer49. The Child with an Alteration in Tissue Integrity50. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Alteration51. The Child with an Endocrine or Metabolic Alteration52. The Child with a Neurologic Alteration53. Psychosocial Problems in Children and Families54. The Child with a Developmental Disability55. The Child with a Sensory AlterationGlossary
