Study Guide for Leifer's Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
- 10th Edition - January 17, 2025
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Kim Cooper, Kelly Gosnell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 9 5 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 8 4 2 - 6
Reinforce your understanding of maternity and pediatric nursing with this practical study guide! With chapters corresponding to Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatri… Read more
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Request a sales quoteReinforce your understanding of maternity and pediatric nursing with this practical study guide! With chapters corresponding to Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition, this workbook provides a variety of exercises and activities to help you review concepts and apply them to patient care. Case studies include questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, allowing you to practice critical thinking and build skills in clinical judgment. Updated with questions on new methods and treatment, this study guide helps you prepare for success on your licensure examination and in nursing practice.
- Updated exercises correspond with the textbook’s new content on methods and treatment for the care of women, families, newborns, and children
- Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam include exercises with questions to help you develop skills in clinical judgment and prepare for the licensure examination
- Thinking Critically activities require you to apply what you’ve learned in the textbook to new situations or to draw conclusions based on that knowledge
- Applying Knowledge activities provide additional opportunities for you to apply learned information to clinical care
- Review questions cover information from the textbook by chapter, with appropriate nursing actions, what to expect in terms of medical orders or patient care, and potential complications
- Variety of exercises includes matching, multiple-choice, vocabulary building, short answer, and select-all-that-apply questions to reinforce your understanding of basic concepts and factual knowledge
Students using the Leifer text in LPN/LVN programs
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Illustration Credits
- Capítulo 1: The Past, Present, and Future
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION-STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 2: The Nurse’s Role in Women’s Health Care
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 3: Human Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 4: Fetal Development
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 5: Prenatal Care and Adaptations to Pregnancy
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 6: Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Pregnancy
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 7: Nursing Care of Mother and Infant During Labor and Birth
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- MATCHING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 8: Nursing Management of Pain During Labor and Birth
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 9: Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Labor and Birth
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 10: The Family After Birth
- MATCHING
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 11: Nursing Care of Women with Complications After Birth
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 12: The Term Newborn
- MATCHING
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 13: Preterm and Postterm Newborns
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 14: The Newborn with a Perinatal Injury or Congenital Malformation
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION-STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 15: An Overview of Growth, Development, and Nutrition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 16: The Infant
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 17: The Toddler
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 18: The Preschool Child
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 19: The School-Age Child
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 20: The Adolescent
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 21: The Child’s Experience of Hospitalization
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 22: Health Care Adaptations for the Child and Family
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 23: Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- Capítulo 24: The Child with a Sensory or Neurological Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 25: The Child with a Musculoskeletal Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 26: The Child with a Respiratory Disorder
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 27: The Child with a Cardiovascular Disorder
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 28: The Child with a Condition of the Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, or Lymphatic System
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 29: The Child with a Gastrointestinal Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 30: The Child with a Genitourinary Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 31: The Child with a Skin Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 32: The Child with a Metabolic Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 33: Childhood Communicable Diseases, Bioterrorism, Natural Disasters, and the Maternal-Child Patient
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Capítulo 34: The Child with an Emotional or Behavioral Condition
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CASE STUDY
- THINKING CRITICALLY
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
- NEXT-GENERATION NCLEX® EXAMINATION–STYLE QUESTIONS
- Edition: 10
- Published: January 17, 2025
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443249587
- eBook ISBN: 9780443278426
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Kim Cooper
Kim Cooper, RN, MSN, is Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, IndianaKG
Kelly Gosnell
Kelly Gosnell, RN, MSN, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of the School of Nursing at Ivy Tech Community College at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Affiliations and expertise
Department Chair and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, Indiana