Maternal Child Nursing CareWritten 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. 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. NEW! Content updates throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, shaken baby syndrome/traumatic brain injury, Healthy People 2020, car restraints, immunizations, and childhood obesity.NEW! Updated Evidence-Based Practice boxes including QSEN KSAs (knowledge, skills, attitudes) provide the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.NEW! Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.NEW! Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice. |
Contents
1 Maternity Nursing | 1 |
2 Pediatric Nursing | 718 |
1 21st Century Maternity Nursing | 1601 |
3 Assessment and Health Promotion | 1603 |
4 Reproductive System Concerns | 1604 |
5 Infertility Contraception and Abortion | 1605 |
6 Genetics Conception and Fetal Development | 1606 |
7 Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy | 1608 |
41 Gastrointestinal Dysfunction | 1647 |
42 Cardiovascular Dysfunction | 1649 |
43 Hematologic and Immunologic Dysfunction | 1651 |
44 Genitourinary Dysfunction | 1653 |
45 Cerebral Dysfunction | 1654 |
46 Endocrine Dysfunction | 1656 |
47 Integumentary Dysfunction | 1657 |
48 Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction | 1659 |
8 Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy | 1609 |
9 Maternal and Fetal Nutrition | 1610 |
10 Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy | 1611 |
13 Labor and Birth Processes | 1615 |
14 Pain Management | 1616 |
15 Fetal Assessment During Labor | 1617 |
16 Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth | 1618 |
17 Labor and Birth Complications | 1619 |
18 Maternal Physiologic Changes | 1621 |
19 Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period | 1622 |
20 Transition to Parenthood | 1623 |
21 Postpartum Complications | 1624 |
22 Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn | 1625 |
23 Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family | 1626 |
24 Newborn Nutrition and Feeding | 1627 |
25 The High Risk Newborn | 1628 |
26 21st Century Pediatric Nursing | 1630 |
27 Family Social Cultural and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion | 1631 |
28 Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion | 1632 |
29 Communication History and Physical Assessment | 1633 |
30 Pain Assessment and Management | 1634 |
31 The Infant and Family | 1636 |
32 The Toddler and Family | 1637 |
33 The Preschooler and Family | 1638 |
34 The SchoolAge Child and Family | 1639 |
35 The Adolescent and Family | 1640 |
36 Chronic Illness Disability and EndofLife Care | 1641 |
37 Cognitive and Sensory Impairment | 1642 |
38 FamilyCentered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization | 1643 |
39 Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions | 1644 |
40 Respiratory Dysfunction | 1646 |
49 Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction | 1661 |
Teaching Breast SelfExamination | 1507 |
Swaddling | 1509 |
Thermoregulation Using a Radiant Warmer | 1510 |
Changing A Diaper | 1512 |
Pain Assessment and Management in the Healthy FullTerm Neonate | 1514 |
Infant Bathing | 1516 |
Infant Feeding | 1519 |
Providing Culturally Sensitive Care | 1523 |
Measuring Physical Growth | 1527 |
Communicating with Children AgeRelated Techniques | 1532 |
Measuring Body Temperature | 1537 |
Managing Pain | 1541 |
Calculating Safe Dosages for Children | 1551 |
Fostering Healthy Sleep Patterns in Children | 1552 |
Car Seat Safety | 1556 |
Preparing the Child for Surgery | 1561 |
Assisting with Therapeutic Play | 1568 |
Admitting a Child to the Health Care System | 1574 |
Measuring Oxygen Saturation | 1578 |
Preparing the Child for Procedures | 1581 |
Administering Oral Medications | 1586 |
Urine Specimen Collection | 1593 |
Monitoring Neurovascular Status for the Child in Traction or a Cast | 1596 |
Appendix A Growth Measurements | 1601 |
Appendix B Common Laboratory Tests and Test Results | 1603 |
Appendix C Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters | 1613 |
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Special Features | 1697 |
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