Full Description
This combined maternity and paediatrics text for undergraduate nursing students maintains a strong family focus, where both wellness and illness are emphasized as family-centered events. A nursing process framework is utilized to present information in a clear, readable user-friendly style. Features include: abundant critical thinking exercises; care plans with rationale, and clinical vignettes. photo journals; NIC and NOC boxes; enhanced information on communication and evidence-based practice and increased coverage of alternative therapies. A study guide is also included.
Contents
Part 1 Maternal and child health nursing; a framework for maternal and child health nursing; the childbearing and childrearing family; sociocultural aspects of maternal and child health nursing. Part 2 The nursing role in preparing families for childbearing and childrearing: reproductive and sexual health; reproductive life planning; the infertile couple. Part 3 The nursing role in caring for the pregnant family unit: genetic assessment and counseling; the growing foetus; psychological and physiologic changes of pregnancy; assessing foetal and maternal health - the first prenatal visit; promoting foetal and maternal health; promoting nutritional health during pregnancy; preparation for childbirth and parenting; high-risk pregnancy - the woman with a pre-existing or newly acquired illness; high-risk pregnancy - the woman who develops a complication of pregnancy; home care of the pregnant client; high-risk pregnancy - the woman with special needs. Part 4 The nursing role in caring for family during Labour and birth: the labour process; providing comfort during labour and birth; Caesarean birth; the woman who develops a complication during labour and birth. Part 5 The nursing role in caring for the family during the postpartal period; nursing care of the postpartal woman and family; nursing care of the newborn and family; nutritional needs of the newborn; nursing care of the woman and family experiencing a postpartal complication; nursing care of the high-risk newborn and family. Part 6 The nursing role in health promotion for the childrearing family: principles of growth and development; the family with an infant; the family with a toddler; the family with a preschooler; the family with a school-age child; the family with an adolescent; child health assessment; health and wellness teaching with children and families. Part 7 The nursing role in supporting the health of ill children and their families; care of ill children and their families; nursing care of the ill child and family - diagnostic and therapeutic techniques; pain management in children. Part 8 The nursing role in restoring and maintaining the health of children and families with physiologic disorders: nursing care of the child born with a physical developmental disorder; nursing care of the child with a respiratory disorder; nursing care of the child with a cardiovascular disorder; nursing care of the child with an immune disorder; nursing care of the child with an infectious disorder; nursing care of the child with a hematologic disorder; nursing care of the child with a gastrointestinal disorder; nursing care of the child with a renal or urinary tract disorder; nursing care of the child with a reproductive disorder; nursing care of the child with an endocrine or metabolic disorder; nursing care of the child with a neurologic disorder; nursing care of the child with a disorder of the eyes or ears; nursing care of the child with a musculoskelatal disorder. (Part contents).
