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Licensed Practical / Vocational Nursing
Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, Third Edition
Nancy T. Hatfield, MAE, BSN, RN
978-1-4511-4702-5 • December 2013 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1056 pp.
Written specifically for the LPN/LVN student, this enhanced Third
Edition of
Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
provides
clear, well-illustrated, and clinically relevant coverage of pregnancy,
birth, and pediatrics to help you master key clinical and critical thinking
skills and prepare for the NCLEX
®
exam.
Designed through to help you build the skills you need for clinical
practice, the book features online video clips of live births, Cesarean
delivery, breastfeeding, pediatric milestones, the well child, and the
hospitalized child, as well as a built-in workbook at the end of each
chapter that includes NCLEX
®
-style questions, study activities and
critical thinking: “What Would You Do?” exercises.
Features
• Prepare for clinical practice with new integrated case studies that
apply key concepts to real world practice.
• Prepare for your role in caring for the patient and family through the
book’s
Nursing Process Framework
.
• Understand each patient’s overall nursing care plan with inpatient
scenarios and outlines of appropriate diagnoses, outcomes,
interactions, and rationales.
• Master key
Nursing Procedures
through clear instructions that
walk you through each step of a range of commonly performed
interventions.
• Understand the feelings of patients and their family members
through first-person narratives in
A Personal Glimpse
features.
• Prepare for culturally sensitive practice with
Cultural Snapshots
that encourage you to think about cultural differences when caring
for your patients.
• Master key points through
Learning Objectives and Key Points
,
which set goals for understanding and highlight must-know
information.
• Increase your understanding of key concepts and skills through
hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations
.
• Learn to pronounce difficult terms you will use in clinical practice
through
new pronunciation guides
.
• Check your understanding as you go using the
Test Yourself
questions interspersed in each chapter.
• Prepare for on-the-job challenges through
Clinical Secrets
that
highlight safety concerns and other important topics.
Table of Contents
Unit 1:
Overview of Maternal and
Pediatric Health Care
Ch. 1: The Nurse’s Role in a Changing
Maternal-Child Health Care Environment
Ch. 2: Family-Centered and Community-
Based maternal and Pediatric Nursing
Unit 2:
Foundations of Maternity
Nursing
Ch. 3: Structure and Function of the
Reproductive System
Ch. 4: Special Issues of Women’s Health Care
and Reproduction
Unit 3:
Pregnancy
Ch. 5: Fetal Development
Ch. 6: Maternal Adaptation during
Pregnancy
Ch. 7: Prenatal Care
Unit 4:
Labor and Birth
Unit 5:
Postpartum and Newborn
Unit 6:
Childbearing at risk
Unit 7:
Health Promotion for Normal
Growth and Development
Unit 8:
Foundations of Pediatric
Nursing
Unit 9:
Special Concerns of Pediatric
Nursing
Unit 10:
The Child with a Health
Disorder
. . . Abridged to fit