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Maternal Child Nursing Care

  • 6th Edition - September 9, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Shannon E. Perry, Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, David Wilson, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Kitty Cashion
  • Language: English

Written by the foremost experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5th Edition offers the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the… Read more

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Written by the foremost experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5th Edition offers the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX® examination. This new edition offers numerous content updates throughout the text to keep you up-to-date on the latest topics and best practices. Plus hundreds of illustrations, alert boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information.

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
  • 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

Table of contents

PART 1 Maternity Nursing
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY NURSING

1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing

2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

UNIT 2 REPRODUCTIVE YEARS

3. Assessment and Health Promotion

4. Reproductive System Concerns

5. Infertility, Contraception, and Abortion

UNIT 3 PREGNANCY

6. Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development

7. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

8. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy

9. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

10. Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy

11. High Risk Perinatal Care: Preexisting Conditions

12. High Risk Perinatal Care: Gestational Conditions

UNIT 4 CHILDBIRTH

13. Labor and Birth Processes

14. Pain Management

15. Fetal Assessment During Labor

16. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth

17. Labor and Birth Complications

UNIT 5 POSTPARTUM PERIOD

18. Maternal Physiologic Changes

19. Nursing Care of the Family during the Postpartum Period

20. Transition to Parenthood

21. Postpartum Complications

UNIT 6 NEWBORN

22. Physiologic Adaptations of the Newborn

23. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family

24. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

25. The High Risk Newborn

PART 2 PEDIATRIC NURSING
UNIT 7 CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE NURSE

26. 21st Century Pediatric Nursing

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

28. Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion

UNIT 8 ASSESSMENT OF THE CHILD AND FAMILY

29. Communication, History, and Physical Assessment

30. Pain Assessment and Management

UNIT 9 HEALTH PROMOTION AND SPECIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

31. The Infant and Family

32. The Toddler and Family

33. The Preschooler and Family

34. The School-Age Child and Family

35. The Adolescent and Family

UNIT 10 SPECIAL NEEDS, ILLNESS, AND HOSPITALIZATION

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

37. Cognitive and Sensory Impairment

38. Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization

39. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions

UNIT 11 HEALTH PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN

40. Respiratory Dysfunction

41. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

42. Cardiovascular Dysfunction

43. Hematologic and Immunologic Dysfunction

44. Genitourinary Dysfunction

45. Cerebral Dysfunction

46. Endocrine Dysfunction

47. Integumentary Dysfunction

48. Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction

49. Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction

Appendix
A: Growth Measurements
B: Common Laboratory Tests
C: Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 9, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

SP

Shannon E. Perry

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA

MH

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

DL

Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk

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

DW

David Wilson

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

KA

Kathryn Rhodes Alden

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

KC

Kitty Cashion

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA