Maternal & Child Nursing Care

Table of Contents

Unit 1. Introduction to Family-Centered Care

1. Contemporary Maternal Newborn and Child Health Nursing
2. Culture and the Family
3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
4. Conception and Fetal Development
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Unit 2. Women’s Health

1. Health Promotion for Women
2. Common Gynecologic Problems
3. Families with Special Reproductive Concerns
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Unit 3. Pregnancy and Family

1. Preparation for Parenthood
2. Physical and Psychologic Changes of Pregnancy
3. Antepartal Nursing Assessment
4. The Expectant Family: Needs and Care
5. Maternal Nutrition
6. Adolescent Pregnancy
7. Assessment of Fetal Well-Being
8. Pregnancy at Risk: Pregestational Problems
9. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Problems
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Unit 4. Birth and the Family

1. Processes and Stages of Labor and Birth
2. Intrapartal Nursing Assessment
3. The Family in Childbirth: Needs and Care
4. Pharmacologic Pain Management
5. Childbirth at Risk: Prelabor Complications
6. Childbirth at Risk: Labor-Related Complications
7. Birth-Related Procedures
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Unit 5. The Newborn and Postpartum Family

1. The Physiologic Responses of the Newborn to Birth
2. Nursing Assessment of the Newborn
3. Normal Newborn: Needs and Care
4. Newborn Nutrition
5. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Present at Birth
6. The Newborn at Risk: Birth-Related Stressors
7. Postpartal Adaptation and Nursing Assessment
8. The Postpartum Family: Needs and Care
9. The Postpartum Family at Risk
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Unit 6. Care and Needs of Children

1. Growth and Development
2. Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition
3. Pediatric Assessment
4. Health Promotion and Maintenance: General Concepts, the Newborn, and the Infant
5. Health Promotion and Maintenance: The Toddler, the Preschooler, and the School-Age Child
6. Health Promotion and Maintenance: The Adolescent
7. Family Assessment and Concepts of Nursing Care in the Community
8. Nursing Considerations for the Child and Family with a Chronic Condition
9. Nursing Considerations for the Hospitalized Child
10. Pain Assessment and Management in Children
11. The Child with a Life-Threatening Condition and End-of-Life Care
12. Social and Environmental Influences on the Child and Adolescent
13. Immunizations and Communicable Diseases
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Unit 7. Caring for Children with Alterations in Health Status

1. The Child with Alterations in Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance
2. The Child with Alterations in Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Function
3. The Child with Alterations in Respiratory Function
4. The Child with Alterations in Cardiovascular Function
5. The Child with Alterations in Immune Function
6. The Child with Alterations in Hematologic Function
7. The Child with Cancer
8. The Child with Alterations in Gastrointestinal Function
9. The Child with Alterations in Genitourinary Function
10. The Child with Alterations in Endocrine Function
11. The Child with Alterations in Neurologic Function
12. The Child with Alterations in Mental Health and Cognitive Function
13. The Child with Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function
14. The Child with Alterations in Skin Integrity
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Appendices

• A. Selected Maternal-Newborn Laboratory Values
• B. Selected Pediatric Laboratory Values
• C. Physical Growth Charts
• D. Pediatric Blood Pressure Values
• E. Conversions and Equivalents
• F. Actions and Effects of Selected Drugs During Breastfeeding
• G. The Friedman Family Assessment Model
• H. Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Dietary Allowances for Females, Pregnancy, and Lactation
• I. West Nomogram-Body Surface Area
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