Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada
- 4th Edition - March 20, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Lisa Keenan-Lindsay, Constance L. O'Connor
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 8 4 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 8 4 5 - 7
Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada combines essential maternity and pediatric… 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.
- Information on the latest guidelines includes SOGC guidelines, STI and CAPWHN perinatal nursing standards, Canadian Pediatrics Association Standards, Canadian Association of Midwives, and more.
- Global health focus explores perspectives and health care in the 2SLGBTQI+ community, Indigenous, immigrant, and other vulnerable populations.
- Clinical Reasoning Case Studies offer 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.
- Family-Centred Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that should be considered when providing family-centred care.
- Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.
- 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.
- Patient Teaching boxes assist you in helping patients and families become involved in their own care with optimal outcomes.
- Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.
- Medication Guide boxes include key information about medications used in maternity and newborn care, including their indications, adverse effects, and nursing considerations.
- Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.
- Emergency boxes alert you to emergency situations and guide you step-by-step through emergency procedures.
- Evidence-Informed Practice boxes highlight findings that confirm effective practices or that identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects.
- Research Focus boxes identify best practices by presenting evidence and how to apply the knowledge learned.
- Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format.
- Home Care boxes detail important information needed to deliver care to patients and families in the home setting.
- Health Canada Food Guide offers the latest nutritional recommendations.
- Case studies and clinical reasoning/clinical judgement-focused practice questions in the text and on the Evolve companion website promote critical thinking and prepare you for the licensure exam.
- Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® exam on the Evolve companion website provide practice for the NGN.
RN Students, PN Students
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
PART 2: PERINATAL NURSING
Unit 2: Introduction to Perinatal Nursing
3. Perinatal Nursing in Canada
Unit 3: Women's Health
4. Health Promotion
5. Health Assessment
6. Reproductive Health
7. Contraception, Infertility, and Abortion
Unit 4: Pregnancy
8. Preconception, Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development
9. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
10. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
11. Maternal Nutrition
12. Pregnancy Risk Factors and Assessment
13. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions
14. Pregnancy at Risk: Pre-existing Conditions
Unit 5: Childbirth
15. Labour and Birth Processes
16. Nursing Care of the Family During Labour and Birth
17. Maximizing Comfort During Labour and Birth
18. Fetal Health Surveillance During Labour
19. Labour and Birth at Risk
Unit 6: Postpartum Period
20. Postpartum Physiological Changes
21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
22. Transition to Parenthood
23. Postpartum Complications
Unit 7: Newborn
24. Physiological Adaptations of the Newborn
25. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
26. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
27. Infants with Gestational Age-Related Conditions
28. The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
PART 3: PEDIATRIC NURSING
Unit 8: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse
29. Children’s Nursing in Canada
30. Family, Social, and Cultural on Children's Health
31. Developmental Influences on Child Health
Unit 9: Assessment of the Child and Family
32. Pediatric Health Assessment
33. Pain Assessment and Management
Unit 10: Health Promotion and Developmental Stages
34. Promoting Optimum Health During Childhood
35. Immunizations and Communicable Diseases — NEW!
36. The Infant and Family
37. The Toddler and Family
38. The Preschooler and Family
39. The School-Age Child and Family
40. The Adolescent and Family
Unit 11: Special Needs, Illness, and Hospitalization
41. Caring for the Child with a Chronic Illness and End-of-Life Care
42. Impact of Intellectual Disability or Sensory Impairment on the Child
43. Family-Centred Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization
44. Pediatric Nursing Interventions and Skills
Unit 12: Health Conditions of Children
45. Respiratory Conditions
46. Gastrointestinal Conditions
47. Cardiovascular Conditions
48. Hematological and Immunological Conditions
49. Genitourinary Conditions
50. Neurological Conditions
51. Endocrine Conditions
52. Integumentary Conditions
53. Musculoskeletal or Articular Conditions
54. Neuromuscular or Muscular Conditions
55. Caring for the Mental, Emotional, and Behaviour Health Needs of Adolescents
Appendix A: Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters
Appendix B: Common Laboratory Tests and Normal Ranges (online only)
Appendix C: Canada’s Food Guide Snapshot (online only)
Unit 1: Introduction to Maternal Child Nursing
1. Contemporary Perinatal and Pediatric Nursing in Canada
2. The Family and Culture
PART 2: PERINATAL NURSING
Unit 2: Introduction to Perinatal Nursing
3. Perinatal Nursing in Canada
Unit 3: Women's Health
4. Health Promotion
5. Health Assessment
6. Reproductive Health
7. Contraception, Infertility, and Abortion
Unit 4: Pregnancy
8. Preconception, Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development
9. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
10. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
11. Maternal Nutrition
12. Pregnancy Risk Factors and Assessment
13. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions
14. Pregnancy at Risk: Pre-existing Conditions
Unit 5: Childbirth
15. Labour and Birth Processes
16. Nursing Care of the Family During Labour and Birth
17. Maximizing Comfort During Labour and Birth
18. Fetal Health Surveillance During Labour
19. Labour and Birth at Risk
Unit 6: Postpartum Period
20. Postpartum Physiological Changes
21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
22. Transition to Parenthood
23. Postpartum Complications
Unit 7: Newborn
24. Physiological Adaptations of the Newborn
25. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
26. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
27. Infants with Gestational Age-Related Conditions
28. The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
PART 3: PEDIATRIC NURSING
Unit 8: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse
29. Children’s Nursing in Canada
30. Family, Social, and Cultural on Children's Health
31. Developmental Influences on Child Health
Unit 9: Assessment of the Child and Family
32. Pediatric Health Assessment
33. Pain Assessment and Management
Unit 10: Health Promotion and Developmental Stages
34. Promoting Optimum Health During Childhood
35. Immunizations and Communicable Diseases — NEW!
36. The Infant and Family
37. The Toddler and Family
38. The Preschooler and Family
39. The School-Age Child and Family
40. The Adolescent and Family
Unit 11: Special Needs, Illness, and Hospitalization
41. Caring for the Child with a Chronic Illness and End-of-Life Care
42. Impact of Intellectual Disability or Sensory Impairment on the Child
43. Family-Centred Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization
44. Pediatric Nursing Interventions and Skills
Unit 12: Health Conditions of Children
45. Respiratory Conditions
46. Gastrointestinal Conditions
47. Cardiovascular Conditions
48. Hematological and Immunological Conditions
49. Genitourinary Conditions
50. Neurological Conditions
51. Endocrine Conditions
52. Integumentary Conditions
53. Musculoskeletal or Articular Conditions
54. Neuromuscular or Muscular Conditions
55. Caring for the Mental, Emotional, and Behaviour Health Needs of Adolescents
Appendix A: Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters
Appendix B: Common Laboratory Tests and Normal Ranges (online only)
Appendix C: Canada’s Food Guide Snapshot (online only)
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: March 20, 2026
- Language: English
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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, CanadaCO
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