PART LWD- Maternal Child Nursing Care 5e - eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

• 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 and consolidated content on pain assessment and management focuses on this key aspect of pediatric nursing.
• Updated content on evidence-based practice illustrates how current research can be used to improve patient outcomes.
• The latest information in the field is included throughout, including expanded coverage of the late preterm infant and fetal heart rate pattern identification.

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

Appendix B: Common Laboratory Tests

Appendix C: Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters