ISBN:
9780443278464
Copyright:
2027
Page Count:
1608
Imprint:
Elsevier
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Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 4th Edition
by Lisa Keenan-Lindsay, RN, MN, PNC(C) and Constance L. O'Connor, MN, RN(EC)
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780443278464
Copyright:
2027
Page Count:
1608
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
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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.
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- 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.
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- NEW Immunizations and Communicable Diseases chapter covers the latest information on this important topic.
- NEW videos on the Evolve companion website bring key concepts to life.
- UPDATED, comprehensive coverage offers uniquely Canadian content, including statistics, research, references and resources, guidelines, assessment and screening tools, and more from across Canada.
- UPDATED Promoting Optimum Health During Childhood chapter features current health promotion content.
- ENHANCED and UDPATED art program visually reinforces key concepts while reflecting Canada's diversity.
- EXPANDED Canadian cultural considerations, cultural safety content, and trauma-informed care content related to diverse populations, including the 2SLGBTQI+ community, racialized populations, Indigenous Peoples, and more, are threaded throughout all applicable chapters.
- EXPANDED coverage of mental health and rural and remote care topics provides insightful and up-to-date guidance.
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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)
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