Main description:

Master content and apply knowledge from Maternal Child Nursing Care, 6th Edition with this corresponding Study Guide. In addition to reviewing content from the text, it encourages you to think critically and use the text more effectively. This comprehensive workbook is filled with case-based activities, as well as review questions that provide you with plenty of opportunities to assess your knowledge. Updated content throughout corresponds to new features and chapters of the text.

Reviewing Key Concepts and Content questions in various formats give you ample opportunities to assess your knowledge and comprehension of information covered in the text. Activities, including matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short answer, and multiple choice, help you identify the core content of the chapter and test your understanding upon completion of reading the chapter.
Learning Key Terms matching and fill-in-the-blank questions let you test your ability to define all key terms highlighted in the corresponding textbook chapter.
Thinking Critically case-based activities require you to apply the concepts found in the chapters to solve problems, make decisions concerning care management, and provide responses to patient questions and concerns.
Answer key at the end of the book includes answers to all questions.

NEW! Updated content throughout corresponds to new features and chapters of the text.

Contents:

PART 1: MATERNITY NURSING

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY NURSING 1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing 2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

UNIT 2: REPRODUCTIVE YEARS 3. Assessment and Health Promotion 4. Reproductive System Concerns 5. Infertility, Contraception, and Abortion

UNIT 3: PREGNANCY 6. Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development 7. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy 8. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy 9. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition 10. Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy 11. High Risk Perinatal Care: Preexisting Conditions 12. High Risk Perinatal Care: Gestational Conditions

UNIT 4: CHILDBIRTH 13. Labor and Birth Processes 14. Pain Management 15. Fetal Assessment During Labor 16. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth 17. Labor and Birth Complications

UNIT 5: POSTPARTUM PERIOD 18. Maternal Physiologic Changes 19. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period 20. Transition to Parenthood 21. Postpartum Complications

UNIT 6: NEWBORN 22. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn 23. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family 24. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding 25. The High Risk Newborn

PART 2: PEDIATRIC NURSING

UNIT 7: CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE NURSE 26. 21st Century Pediatric Nursing 27. Family, Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion 28. Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion

UNIT 8 ASSESSMENT OF THE CHILD AND FAMILY 29. Communication, History, and Physical Assessment 30. Pain Assessment and Management in Children

UNIT 9 HEALTH PROMOTION AND SPECIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 31. The Infant and Family 32. The Toddler and Family 33. The Preschooler and Family 34. The School-Age Child and Family 35. The Adolescent and Family

UNIT 10: SPECIAL NEEDS, ILLNESS, AND HOSPITALIZATION 36. Impact of Chronic Illness, Disability, or End-of-Life Care for the Child and Family 37. Impact of Cognitive or Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family 38. Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization 39. Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions

UNIT 11: HEALTH PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN 40. Respiratory Dysfunction 41. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction 42. Cardiovascular Dysfunction 43. Hematologic and Immunologic Dysfunction 44. NEW! Cancer 45. Genitourinary Dysfunction 46. Cerebral Dysfunction 47. Endocrine Dysfunction 48. Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction 49. Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction