Synopses & Reviews
Now in a fully revised, updated Fifth Edition, this text helps nurses understand wellness and illness as family-centered events. Using a nursing process framework, the book presents information in a clear, reader-friendly fashion.
Each chapter begins with Key Terms, Learning Objectives, and a Case Study and ends with Key Points and Critical Thinking Exercises. New to this edition are Focus on Nursing Care Planning: Multidisciplinary Care boxes, which guide nurses in working with other healthcare providers. Other features include NIC and NOC, Focus on Pharmacology, Focus on Communication, and Assessing the Client boxes, "What If" questions, and illustrated nursing procedures.
Synopsis
Now in its Sixth Edition, Maternal and Child Health Nursing helps nurses understand wellness and illness as family-centered events. The author, Adele Pillitteri, views maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines but as a continuum of knowledge. She presents the content of the two disciplines comprehensively with a holistic approach.
Table of Contents
UNIT I Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice
- Ch 1 A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing
- Ch 2 Sociocultural Aspects of Maternal and Child Health Nursing
- Ch 3 The Childbearing and Childrearing Family
- Ch 4 The Childbearing and Childrearing Family in the Community
UNIT II The Nursing Role in Preparing Families for Childbearing and Childrearing
- Ch 5 The Nursing Role in Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Ch 6 Assisting the Family with Reproductive Life Planning
- Ch 7 The Nursing Role in Genetic Assessment and Counseling
- Ch 8 Nursing Care of the Subfertile Couple
UNIT III The Nursing Role in Caring for Families During Normal Pregnancy, Birth, the Postpartum, and Newborn Period
- Ch 9 The Growing Fetus
- Ch 10 Psychological and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
- Ch 11 Assessing Fetal and Maternal Health: Prenatal Care
- Ch 12 Promoting Fetal and Maternal Health
- Ch 13 Promoting Nutritional Health During Pregnancy
- Ch 14 Preparing a Family for Childbirth and Parenting
- Ch 15 Nursing Care of a Family During Vaginal Birth During Labor and Birth
- Ch.16 Providing Comfort During Labor and Birth
- Ch 17 Nursing Care of a Postpartal Family
- Ch 18 Nursing Care of a Family with a Newborn
- Ch 19 Nutritional Needs of a Newborn
UNIT IV The Nursing Role in Caring for a Family During a Complication of Pregnancy, Birth or the Postpartal Period
- Ch 20 Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Pregnancy Complication from a - Preexisting or Newly Acquired Illness
- Ch 21 Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy Complication
- Ch 22 Nursing Care of a Pregnant Family with Special Needs
- Ch 23 Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Complication of Labor and Birth
- Ch 24 Nursing Care of a Family During Cesarean Birth
- Ch 25 Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Postpartal Complication
- Ch 26 Nursing Care of a Family with a High-Risk Newborn
- Ch 27 Nursing Care of a Family with a Child Born with a Physical or Developmental Challenge
UNIT V The Nursing Role in Health Promotion for a Childrearing Family
- Ch 28 Principles of Growth and Development
- Ch 29 Nursing Care of a Family With an Infant
- Ch 30 Nursing Care of a Toddler
- Ch 31 Nursing care of a Preschooler
- Ch 32 Nursing care of a School-Age Child
- Ch 33 Nursing care of a Family with an Adolescent
- Ch 34 Child Health Assessment
- Ch 35 Communication and Teaching With Children and Families
UNIT VI The Nursing Role in Supporting the Health of Ill Children and Their Families
- Ch 36 Nursing Care of a Family with an Ill Child
- Ch 37 Nursing Care of a Child Undergoing Diagnostic Techniques and Other Therapeutic Modalities
- Ch 38 Nursing Care of the Child Undergoing - Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapy
- Ch 39 Providing Pain Management for Children
UNIT VII The Nursing Role in Restoring and - Maintaining the Health of Children and Families With Physiologic Disorders
- Ch 40 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child has a Respiratory Disorder
- Ch 41 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child has a Cardiovascular Disorder
- Ch 42 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child has an Immune Disorder
- Ch 43 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child has an Infectious Disorder
- Ch 44 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child has a Hematologic Disorder
- Ch 45 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Gastrointestinal Disorder
- Ch 46 Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder
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