by Jacqueline Carroll, MSN, CPNP, Susan Rowen James, PhD, RN and Kari Mau, DNP, APRN-BC, RNFA, C-EFM
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ISBN: 9780443123603
Copyright: 2027
Imprint: Elsevier
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Build your skills in the science and art of maternity and pediatric nursing! Maternal-Child Nursing, 7th Edition makes it easy to understand the essentials of women’s health, maternity, and pediatric nursing care. It simplifies the steps of the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) and relates them to care, helping you develop clinical judgment skills and provide safe, effective care in evidence-based practice. This edition includes case studies preparing you for the NCLEX® examination. Best of all, active learning tools and features make it fun to master nursing concepts, offering plenty of opportunities to apply your knowledge to the practice setting.
• Nursing Care Plans help students apply the nursing process to plan individualized care in the most common maternity and pediatric situations. • Clinical Reference sections in pediatric chapters provide basic information on disorders and their related anatomy and physiology, differences in body systems between children and adults, commonly used drugs, lab values, diagnostic tests, and procedures. • Clinical Judgment boxes and case studies highlight situations designed to test clinical judgment skills and help students prepare for NCLEX. • Health Promotion boxes highlight information needed to perform a comprehensive assessment of well infants and children at various ages. • Safety Alerts emphasize what is important to remember when providing safe and optimal quality care. • Pathophysiology boxes present an illustrated overview of illnesses and how to manage them. • Want to Know boxes provide teaching guidelines, including sample answers for questions that are likely to be asked or topics that need to be taught. • Communication Cues offer practical tips for verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families. • Glossary at the end of the book gives students quick access to all key terms and definitions.
• 100-200 replacement illustrations • Additional Clinical Judgment exercises added to the Maternity section of the book • Expanded information on maternal mortality • Expanded information on open communication • Expanded information on discharge instructions • Reworked Burns section • Additional Case studies added to the Pediatric section of the book • Expanded information on human trafficking
Unit I: Introduction to Maternal-Child Health Nursing 1. Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing 2. The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health, and Pediatric Nursing 3. The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family 4. Communicating with Children and Families 5. Health Promotion for the Developing Child 6. Health Promotion for the Infant 7. Health Promotion During Early Childhood 8. Health Promotion for the School-Age Child 9. Health Promotion for the Adolescent 10. Heredity and Environmental Influences on Development Unit II: Maternity Nursing Care 11. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology 12. Conception and Prenatal Development 13. Adaptations to Pregnancy 14. Nutrition for Childbearing 15. Prenatal Diagnostic Tests 16. Giving Birth 17. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 18. Pain Management for Childbirth 19. Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures 20. Postpartum Adaptations 21. The Normal Newborn: Adaptation and Assessment 22. The Normal Newborn: Nursing Care 23. Newborn Feeding 24. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs 25. Pregnancy-Related Complications 26. Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy 27. The Woman with an Intrapartum Complication 28. The Woman with a Postpartum Complication 29. The High-Risk Newborn: Problems Related to Gestational Age and Development 30. The High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions 31. Management of Fertility and Infertility 32. Women’s Health Care Unit III Pediatric Nursing Care 33. Physical Assessment of Children 34. Emergency Care of the Child 35. The Ill Child in the Hospital and Other Care Settings 36. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal Illness 37. Principles and Procedures for Nursing Care of Children 38. Medication Administration and Safety for Infants and Children 39. Pain Management for Children 40. The Child with a Fluid and Electrolyte Alteration 41. The Child with an Infectious Disease 42. The Child with an Immunologic Alteration 43. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Alteration 44. The Child with a Genitourinary Alteration 45. The Child with a Respiratory Alteration 46. The Child with a Cardiovascular Alteration 47. The Child with a Hematologic Alteration 48. The Child with Cancer 49. The Child with an Alteration in Tissue Integrity 50. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Alteration 51. The Child with an Endocrine or Metabolic Alteration 52. The Child with a Neurologic Alteration 53. Psychosocial Problems in Children and Families 54. The Child with an Intellectual Disability or Developmental Disability 55. The Child with a Sensory Alteration
Jacqueline Carroll, MSN, CPNP, Assistant Professor School of Nursing Curry College Milton, Massachusetts, Susan Rowen James, PhD, RN, Professor Emerita School of Nursing Curry College Milton, Massachusetts and Kari Mau, DNP, APRN-BC, RNFA, C-EFM, Graduate Program Director Georgia Southern University Nurse Practitioner Chatham County Health Department Savannah, Georgia
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