Foundations of Maternal & Pediatric Nursing



FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNAL & PEDIATRIC NURSING 3rd EDITION is a user-friendly resource that covers prenatal care, complications of pregnancy, birth, postpartum care, and newborn care. Childrearing from birth through 18 years of age is also covered. Each chapter contains a case study designed to assist the reader through the nursing process and to develop a customized plan of care for the client in the scenario. Abundant special features like, NCLEX style questions and the loaded new StudyWARE CD-ROM make this an engaging, user-friendly resource.
Table of contents : 
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Dedications......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Market Reviewers and Class Test Participants......Page 21
How To Use This Text......Page 28
How to Use StudyWARE™......Page 32
Brief Contents......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
UNIT 1 Nursing Care of the Client: Childbearing......Page 36
CHAPTER 1: PRENATAL CARE......Page 37
Preconception Education and Care......Page 38
Pregnancy......Page 39
Fetal Development......Page 41
Maternal Physiological Changes of Pregnancy......Page 44
Signs of Pregnancy......Page 46
Psychological Adaptation To Pregnancy......Page 48
Prenatal Education and Care......Page 49
Childbirth Education......Page 59
Sample Nursing Care Plan: Prenatal Care......Page 60
Case Study......Page 62
CHAPTER 2: COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY......Page 65
Assessment of Fetal Well-Being......Page 66
Nursing Process......Page 73
Nursing Process......Page 74
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client Having a Spontaneous Abortion......Page 75
Nursing Process......Page 78
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Nursing Process......Page 81
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Nursing Process......Page 91
Toxoplasmosis......Page 92
Nursing Process......Page 93
Herpes Genitalis (Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2)......Page 94
Nursing Process......Page 95
Nursing Process......Page 99
Nursing Process......Page 100
Case Study......Page 101
CHAPTER 3: THE BIRTH PROCESS......Page 105
Onset of Labor......Page 106
Maternal Systemic Responses To Labor......Page 108
Variables Affecting Labor......Page 109
Stages of Labor......Page 114
Admission of Client In Labor......Page 118
Nursing Process......Page 120
Risks of Labor and Birth......Page 125
Induction/Augmentation of Labor......Page 129
Obstetric Procedures......Page 130
Immediate Infant/Mother Care......Page 132
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client in Labor......Page 135
Case Study......Page 138
CHAPTER 4: POSTPARTUM CARE......Page 142
Family Adaptation......Page 143
Maternal Physiologic Changes......Page 145
Maternal Psychosocial Changes......Page 149
Discharge......Page 151
Nursing Process......Page 152
Cesarean Birth......Page 157
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Postpartum Client......Page 158
Early Postpartum Hemorrhage......Page 160
Late Postpartum Hemorrhage......Page 161
Nursing Process......Page 162
Metritis......Page 163
Urinary Tract Infection......Page 164
Nursing Process......Page 165
Nursing Process......Page 166
Case Study......Page 167
CHAPTER 5: NEWBORN CARE......Page 170
Immediate Needs of the Newborn......Page 171
Immediate Care of the Newborn......Page 174
Physical Characteristics of the Newborn......Page 175
Common Variations In the Newborn......Page 177
Reflexes......Page 179
Behavioral Characteristics......Page 182
Gestational Age......Page 183
Sleeping Position......Page 185
Circumcision......Page 186
Nutrition......Page 188
Sample Nursing Care Plan: Newborn Infant......Page 191
Respiratory Distress......Page 194
Nursing Process......Page 195
Nursing Process......Page 198
Nursing Process......Page 199
Case Study......Page 200
UNIT 2 Nursing Care of the Client: Childrearing......Page 204
CHAPTER 6: BASICS OF PEDIATRIC CARE......Page 205
Preparing the Child and Family for Hospitalization......Page 206
Pediatric Procedures......Page 211
The Dying Child......Page 220
Case Study......Page 221
CHAPTER 7: INFANTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: BIRTH TO 12 MONTHS......Page 224
Introduction......Page 225
Nursing Process......Page 229
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Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Infant Client with Abdominal Surgery......Page 245
Nursing Process......Page 248
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Nursing Process......Page 260
Case Study......Page 263
CHAPTER 8: COMMON PROBLEMS: 
1 TO 18 YEARS......Page 267
Introduction......Page 268
Nursing Process......Page 270
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Childwith Asthma......Page 272
Nursing Process......Page 275
Nursing Process......Page 277
Nursing Process......Page 282
Nursing Process......Page 284
Cellulitis......Page 290
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1......Page 291
Pediculosis......Page 292
Animal Bites......Page 293
Tick Bites......Page 294
Insect Bites......Page 295
Nursing Process......Page 298
Nursing Process......Page 302
Case Study......Page 303
Appendix A: NANDA–I Nursing Diagnoses 2009–2011......Page 307
Appendix B: Functional Assessments......Page 310
Appendix C: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols......Page 318
Appendix D: English/Spanish Words and Phrases......Page 324
Glossary......Page 330
Index......Page 359