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Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada

  • 3rd Edition - November 9, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Lisa Keenan-Lindsay, Cheryl A Sams, Constance L. O'Connor, Shannon E. Perry, Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, David Wilson
  • Language: English

Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada combines essential maternity and pediatric nursi… Read more

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Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada combines essential maternity and pediatric nursing information in one text. Comprehensive coverage includes promotion of wellness and the care for persons 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 concerns, including physiological dysfunctions and 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

  • Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management
  • Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice
  • Research Focus boxes identify best practices by presenting evidence and how to apply the knowledge learned
  • 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
  • Clinical reasoning case studies offer you opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings
  • Cultural Awareness boxes explore beliefs and practices about pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, women's health concerns, and caring for sick children
  • Evidence-Informed Practice boxes highlight findings that confirm effective practices or that identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects
  • Emergency boxes alert you to emergency situations and guide you step-by-step through emergency procedures
  • Family-Centred Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider in providing family-centred care
  • Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format
  • Home Care boxes detail important information that you need to deliver care to patients and families in the home setting
  • Medication Guide boxes include key information about medications used in maternity and newborn care, including their indications, adverse effects, and nursing considerations
  • Patient Teaching boxes assist you in helping patients and families become involved in their own care with optimal outcomes

Readership

University RN Students / College PN Students in Canada

Table of contents

PART 1: MATERNAL CHILD NURSING
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO MATERNAL CHILD NURSING

1. Contemporary Perinatal and Pediatric 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 Nutrition During Pregnancy

13. Pregnancy Risk Factors and Assessment

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. Postpartum 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

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 Children's Health

32. Developmental Influences on Child Health

UNIT 9: ASSESSMENT OF THE CHILD AND FAMILY

33. Communication, History, Physical, and Developmental Assessment

34. Pain Assessment and Management

UNIT 10: DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND HEALTH PROMOTION

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

40. Pediatric Health Promotion

UNIT 11: SPECIAL NEEDS, ILLNESS, AND HOSPITALIZATION

41. Chronic Illness, Complex Conditions, and End-of-Life Care

42. Cognitive and Sensory Impairment

43. Reaction to Illness and Hospitalization

44. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions

UNIT 12: HEALTH PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN

45. Respiratory Concerns

46. Gastrointestinal Concerns

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

55. Mental Health Concerns

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 11, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

LK

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

CS

Cheryl A Sams

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

CO

Constance L. O'Connor

Constance (Connie) L. O'Connor, Nurse Practitioner
Affiliations and expertise
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Clinic, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

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