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Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada

  • 2nd Edition - October 11, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, David Wilson, Lisa Keenan-Lindsay, Cheryl A Sams
  • Language: English

Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada, 2nd Edition, combines essential maternity and pediatric… Read more

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Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada, 2nd Edition, combines essential maternity and pediatric nursing information in one text. The promotion of wellness and the care for women experiencing common health concerns throughout the lifespan, care in childbearing, as well as the health care of children and child development in the context of the family. Health problems including physiological dysfunctions and children with special needs and illnesses are also featured. This text provides a family-centred care approach that recognizes the importance of collaboration with families when providing care.

Key features

  • 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.
  • Nursing Alerts point students to critical information that must be considered in providing care.
  • 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 analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.
  • Emergency boxes guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures.
  • Family-Centred Teaching boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centred care.

Table of contents

Part 1: Maternal Child Nursing
Unit 1: Introduction to Maternal Child Nursing

1. Contemporary Maternal Child Nursing in Canada

2. The Family and Culture

3. Community Care
Part 2: Perinatal Nursing
Unit 2: Introduction to Perinatal Nursing

4. Perinatal Nursing in Canada
Unit 3: Women’s Health

5. Health Promotion

6. Health Assessment

7. Reproductive Health

8. Infertility, Contraception, and Abortion
Unit 4: Pregnancy

9. Preconception, Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development

10. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

11. Nursing Care During Pregnancy

12. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

13. Pregnancy Risk Factors and Assessment: Maternal and Fetal

14. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions

15. Pregnancy at Risk: Pre-existing Conditions
Unit 5: Childbirth

16. Labour and Birth Processes

17. Nursing Care of the Family During Labour and Birth

18. Pain Management during Labour

19. Fetal Health Surveillance During Labour

20. Labour and Birth at Risk
Unit 6: Postpartum Period

21. Maternal Physiological Changes

22. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period

23. Transition to Parenthood

24. Postpartum Complications
Unit 7: Newborn

25. Physiological Adaptations of the Newborn

26. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family

27. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

28. Infants with Gestational Age-Related Problems

29. The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Problems
Part 3: Pediatric Nursing
Unit 8: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse

30. Pediatric Nursing in Canada

31. Family, Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion

32. Developmental Influences on Child Health Promotion
Unit 9: Assessment of the Child and Family

33. Communication, History, Physical, and Developmental Assessment

34. Pain Assessment and Management
Unit 10: Health Promotion and Special Health Problems

35. The Infant and Family

36. The Toddler and Family

37. The Preschooler and Family

38. The School-Age Child and Family

39. The Adolescent and Family
Unit 11: Special Needs, Illness, and Hospitalization

40. Chronic Illness, Disability, and End-of-Life Care

41. Cognitive and Sensory Impairment

42. Family-Centred Home Care

43. Reaction to Illness and Hospitalization

44. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions
Unit 12: Health Problems of Children

45. Respiratory Dysfunction

46. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

47. Cardiovascular Dysfunction

48. Hematological and Immunological Dysfunction

49. Genitourinary Dysfunction

50. Cerebral Dysfunction

51. Endocrine Dysfunction

52. Integumentary Dysfunction

53. Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction

54. Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction
Appendixes
A. Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
B. Developmental/Sensory Assessment
C. Growth Measurements
D. Common Laboratory Tests
E. Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 11, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Marilyn J. Hockenberry

Marilyn J. Hockenberry is Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Global HOPE Nursing, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; Bessie Baker Professor Emerita of Nursing Chair, Duke Institutional Review Board, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Global HOPE Nursing, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; Bessie Baker Professor Emerita of Nursing Chair, Duke Institutional Review Board, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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David Wilson

Affiliations and expertise
Staff, PALS Coordinator, Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa, OK, USA

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Lisa Keenan-Lindsay

Lisa Keenan-Lindsay’s clinical work has included pediatrics and perinatal nursing. She has worked as a staff nurse, head nurse, and clinical educator. Lisa was a professor of nursing at Seneca College (now Seneca Polytechnic) for 20 years and taught both baccalaureate and practical nursing students. Lisa currently teaches nursing at Georgian College. She has been involved in all aspects of nursing education, including curriculum development and incorporation of simulation into the curriculum. Lisa has been an active board member of the Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses (CAPWHN) since its inception and before that was a Section Leader for AWHONN-Canada. She was President of CAPWHN in 2014. Lisa has previously been involved with the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) as an RN member for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Committee for many years and has co-authored many SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines. She maintains her Perinatal Certification through the Canadian Nurses Association and is a member of the Perinatal Exam Committee. Lisa was also a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator for many years. Lisa is the lead editor of market-leading Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada, and Leifer's Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing in Canada. She is passionate about providing a Canadian focus to nursing education and textbooks.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing, Georgian College, Canada

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Cheryl A Sams

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Health Sciences, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, ON