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MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE
Maternal Child Nursing Care
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Fourth Edition

By
Shannon Perry, RN, CNS, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA
Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN-CS, PNP, FAAN, Director, Center for Research and Evidence-Based Practice; Nurse Scientist, Texas Children s Hospital; Director of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Children s Cancer Center; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Deitra Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Nursing Education and Curriculum Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
David Wilson, MS, RNC, Faculty, Langston University School of Nursing; Staff, Pediatric Emergency Center, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK, USA

Description
This market-leading textbook provides just the "right amount" of maternity and pediatric content in an easy-to-understand manner. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book includes 28 chapters on maternity nursing and the second part contains 27 chapters covering pediatric nursing. Numerous illustrations, photos, boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information. And because it?s written by market-leading experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, you can be sure you?re getting the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX ? examination.

Contents
Part 1: MATERNITY NURSING Unit 1: Introduction to Maternity Nursing Contemporary Maternity Nursing The Family and Culture Community and Home Care Unit 2: Reproductive Years Health Promotion and Illness Prevention Health Assessment Common Health Problems Infertility, Contraception, and Abortion Unit 3: Pregnancy Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development Assessment for Risk Factors Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy Nursing Care During Pregnancy Maternal and Fetal Nutrition Pregnancy at Risk: Preexisting Conditions Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions Unit 4: Childbirth Labor and Birth Processes Management of Discomfort Fetal Assessment during Labor Nursing Care During Labor and Birth Labor and Birth at Risk Unit 5: Postpartum Period Maternal Physiologic Changes Nursing Care During the Fourth Trimester Transition to Parenthood Postpartum Complications Unit 6: Newborn Physiologic Adaptations of the Newborn Nursing Care of the Newborn Newborn Nutrition and Feeding Infants with Gestational Age-Related Problems The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Problems PART 2: PEDIATRIC NURSING Unit 7: Children, Their Families, and the Nurse Contemporary Pediatric Nursing Community-Based Nursing Care of the Child and Family Family Influences on Child Health Promotion Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion Developmental Influences on Child Health Promotion Unit 8: Assessment of the Child and Family Communication, History, and Physical and Developmental Assessment Pain Assessment and Management NEW! Unit 9: Health Promotion and Special Health Problems The Infant and Family The Toddler and Family The Preschooler and Family The School-Age Child and Family The Adolescent and Family Unit 10: Special Needs, Illness, and Hospitalization Chronic Illness, Disability, and End-of-Life Care Cognitive and Sensory Impairment Family-Centered Home Care Reaction to Illness and Hospitalization Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions Unit 11: Health Problems of Children Respiratory Dysfunction Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Cardiovascular Dysfunction Hematologic and Immunologic Dysfunction Genitourinary Dysfunction Cerebral Dysfunction Endocrine Dysfunction Integumentary Dysfunction Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction Appendixes A Relationship of Drugs to Breast Milk and Effect on Infant B Developmental/Sensory Assessment C Growth Measurements D Common Laboratory Tests E Pediatric Vital Signs and Parameters

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1864 pages, publication date: SEP-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05720-2
ISBN-10: 0-323-05720-9
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 6 Nov 2009
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