Prepare for your role as a maternity and child health care nurse with this updated Seventh Edition of Adele Pillitteri's highly respected text! Presenting maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge, the book presents the experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and pregnancy and childbirth as periods of wellness in a woman's life. Using a nursing process framework, the book's clear, easy-to-understand presentation and wide range of built-in learning aids is designed throughout to help you master important concepts and skills."
Develop critical thinking skills and make the leap from theory to practice through threaded Case Studies that follow a community of maternity and pediatric clients through each chapter. Build skills in nursing care planning with easy-to-understand, integrated coverage in the text, enhanced by an online Care Plan maker.
Prepare for your role as a coordinator of care through Interprofessional Care Maps that demonstrate the nursing process.
Learn to conduct accurate client assessments with Nursing Care Planning Using Assessment Boxes that give you specific "how to" tips.
Broaden your knowledge of correct administration, potential complications, indications, and contraindications of drugs through Nursing Care Planning Based on Respect forPharmacology boxes that ensure accuracy when administering drugs.
Learn to anticipate and manage various clinical challenges with confidence through open-ended "What If?" questions .
Prepare for sound practice with the step-by-step guidance provided in Nursing Care Planning Using Procedures Boxes .
Build your skills in culturally sensitive practice with Nursing Care Planning Based on EffectiveCommunication and Nursing Care Planning to Respect Cultural Diversity Boxes that promote effective, culturally sensitive communication with diverse clients.
Get involved in key concepts through Critical Thinking questions that promote problem-solving and discussion.
Assess your progress as you study using Checkpoint questions interspersed in each chapter.
See how research informs the most current practices with Evidence-Based Practice Check Points that summarize research on topics related to maternal and child health care and connect it to the chapter case study.
Understand the importance of the nurse's role in accomplishing the health care goals of our nation through Nursing Care Planning Based on 2020National Health Goals features.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 1
A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing
Chapter 2
The Childbearing & Childrearing Family
Chapter 3
Cultural Diversity and Maternal and Child Health Nursing
Chapter 4
The Childbearing & Childrearing Family in the Community
Unit 2: The Nursing Role in Preparing Families for
Childbearing and Childrearing
Chapter 5
Nursing Care of the Family in Need of Counseling for Reproductive and Sexual Health
Chapter 6
Nursing Care of the Family in Need of Reproductive Life Planning
Chapter 7
The Nursing Role in Genetic Assessment and Counseling
Chapter 8
Nursing Care of the Couple Having Difficulty Conceiving a Child
Unit 3: The Nursing Role in Caring for Families During Normal Pregnancy, Birth, the Postpartum, and Newborn Period
Chapter 9
Nursing Care of the Growing Fetus
Chapter 10
Nursing Care related to Psychological and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
Chapter 11
Nursing Care related to Assessment of a Pregnant Family
Chapter 12
Nursing Care to Promote Fetal and Maternal Health
Chapter 13
The Nursing Role in Promoting Nutritional Health During Pregnancy
Chapter 14
The Nursing Role in Preparing a Family for Childbirth and Parenting
Chapter 15
Nursing Care of a Family During Labor and Birth
Chapter 16
The Nursing Role in: Providing Comfort During Labor and Birth
Chapter 17
Nursing Care of a Postpartal Family
Chapter 18
Nursing Care of a Family with a Newborn
Chapter 19
Nutritional Needs of a Newborn
Unit 4: Nursing Care of a Family During a Complication of Pregnancy, Birth, or the Postpartal Period
Chapter 20
Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Pregnancy Complication from a Pre-existing or Newly Acquired Illness
Chapter 21
Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy Complication
Chapter 22
Nursing Care of a Pregnant Family with Special Needs
Chapter 23
Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Complication of Labor or Birth
Chapter 24
Nursing Care of a Family During A Surgical Intervention for Birth
Chapter 25
Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Postpartal Complication
Chapter 26
Nursing Care of a Family with a High-Risk Newborn
Chapter 27
Nursing Care of the Child Born with a Physical or Developmental Challenge
Unit 5: The Nursing Role in Health Promotion for a Childrearing Family Chapter 28
Principles of Growth and Development
Chapter 29
Nursing Care of a Family With an Infant
Chapter 30
Nursing Care of a Family With a Toddler
Chapter 31
Nursing Care of a Family With a Preschool Child
Chapter 32
Nursing Care of a Family With a School-Age Child
Chapter 33
Nursing Care of a Family With an Adolescent
Chapter 34
Child Health Assessment
Chapter 35
Communication and Teaching With Children and Families
Unit 6: The Nursing Role in Supporting the Health of Ill Children and Their Families
Chapter 36
Nursing Care of a Family With an Ill Child
Chapter 37
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Diagnostic or Therapeutic Modalities
Chapter 38
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Medication Administration or Intravenous Therapy
Chapter 39
Pain Management in Children
Unit 7: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Health of Children and Families With Physiologic Disorders
Chapter 40
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Respiratory Disorder
Chapter 41
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cardiovascular Disorder
Chapter 42
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Immune Disorder
Chapter 43
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Infectious Disorder
Chapter 44
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Hematologic Disorder
Chapter 45
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Gastrointestinal Disorder
Chapter 46
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder
Chapter 47
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Reproductive Disorder
Chapter 48
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Endocrine or a Metabolic Disorder
Chapter 49
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Neurologic Disorder
Chapter 50
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Vision or Hearing Disorder
Chapter 51
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Musculoskeletal Disorder
Chapter 52
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Unintentional Injury
Chapter 53
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Malignancy
Unit 8: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Mental Health of Children and Families
Chapter 54
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder
Chapter 55
Nursing Care of a Family in Crisis: Abuse and Violence in the Family
Chapter 56
Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Long-Term or Terminal Illness
Index
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