Main description:

For courses in maternal and child nursing care in any nursing program

Help students think like nurses with maternal-newborn and pediatric clients
As nursing courses are shortened and clinical experiences become more limited, time is increasingly precious to both students and faculty. Designed to support faster, more efficient learning in condensed courses, Maternal & Child Nursing Care presents key content about maternal-newborn nursing, women's health, and pediatric nursing topics in an accurate, readable way. Throughout this family-focused text, special attention is paid to health promotion, home/community care, patient and family education, clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, and cultural competence. Engaging features help readers learn and retain essential concepts in a short period of time. The straightforward approach allows students to focus on what is most important-developing the essential skills and abilities to practice nursing in fast-changing healthcare environments.

Also available with MyNursingLab (R)
MyNursingLab is an an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students in the Maternal/Newborn Nursing course and improve results. Its guided learning path is proven to help students think like a nurse as they move beyond memorization to true understanding through application.

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyNursingLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyNursingLab, search for:
0134449711/ 9780134449715 Maternal & Child Nursing Care Plus MyNursingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 5/e consists of:

0134167228 / 9780134167220 Maternal & Child Nursing Care
0134449045 / 9780134449043 MyNursingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Maternal & Child Nursing Care

Contents:

PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY-CENTERED CARE
1. Contemporary Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Nursing
2. Culture and the Family
3. Genetic and Genomic Influences in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
PART 2. WOMEN'S HEALTH
4. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
5. Health Promotion for Women
6. Common Gynecologic Problems
PART 3. PREGNANCY AND THE FAMILY
7. Conception and Fetal Development
8. Physical and Psychological Changes of Pregnancy
9. Antepartum Nursing Assessment
10. The Expectant Family: Needs and Care
11. Maternal Nutrition
12. Pregnancy in Selected Populations
13. Assessment of Fetal Well-Being
14. Pregnancy at Risk: Pregestational Problems
15. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Onset
PART 4. BIRTH AND THE FAMILY
16. Processes and Stages of Labor and Birth
17. Intrapartum Nursing Assessment
18. The Family in Childbirth: Needs and Care
19. Pharmacologic Pain Management
20. Childbirth at Risk: Pre-Labor Complications
21. Childbirth at Risk: Labor-Related Complications
22. Birth-Related Procedures
PART 5. THE NEWBORN
23. The Physiologic Responses of the Newborn to Birth
24. Nursing Assessment of the Newborn
25. The Normal Newborn: Needs, Care, and Feeding
26. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Present at Birth
27. The Newborn at Risk: Birth-Related Stressors
PART 6. THE POSTPARTUM FAMILY
28. Postpartum Adaptation and Nursing Assessment
29. The Postpartum Family: Early Care Needs and Home Care
30. The Postpartum Family at Risk
PART 7. CARE AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN
31. Growth and Development
32. Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition
33. Pediatric Assessment
34. Health Promotion and Mai