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Maternity • Pediatrics
Maternal andChildHealthNursing:Careof theChildbearing
andChildrearingFamily,SeventhEdition, International Edition
AdelePillitteri, PhD, RN, PNP
978-1-4511-8896-7 •October2013 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1744pp
978-1-4511-8790-8 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly
Prepare for your role as a maternity and child health care nurse with
this updated Seventh Editionof Adele Pillitteri’s highly respected text!
Presentingmaternal-newbornandchildhealthcarenotastwoseparate
disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge, the book presents the
experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and
pregnancyand childbirthasperiodsofwellness inawoman’s life.Using
a nursing process framework, the book’s clear, easy-to-understand
presentation and wide range of built-in learning aids is designed
throughout tohelpyoumaster important concepts and skills.
Features
• Helpyour studentsdevelop critical thinking skills andmake the
leap from theory topractice through threaded
CaseStudies
that
followa communityofmaternityandpediatric clients througheach
chapter.
• Build student skills in
nursingcareplanning
witheasy-to-
understand, integrated coverage in the text, enhancedbyanonline
CarePlanmaker.
• Equipyour students for their roleas a coordinatorof care through
InterprofessionalCareMaps
thatdemonstrate thenursing
process.
• Broadenyour students’ knowledgeof correct administration,
potential complications, indications, and contraindicationsof
drugs through
NursingCarePlanning
Basedon
Responsibility
forPharmacology
boxes that ensureaccuracywhenadministering
drugs.
• Helpyour students learn toanticipateandmanagevarious clinical
challengeswith confidence throughopen-ended
“What If?”
questions.
• Prepare students for soundpracticewith the step-by-stepguidance
provided in
NursingCarePlanning
Using
Procedures
boxes.
• Helpyour students understandhow research informs themost
current practiceswith
Evidence-BasedPracticeCheckPoints
that
summarize researchon topics related tomaternal and childhealth
careand connect it to the chapter case study.
• Demonstrate to students the importanceof thenurse’s role in
accomplishing thehealth caregoalsof our nation through
Nursing
CarePlanningBasedon2020NationalHealthGoals
features.
Table of Contents
Unit1:
Maternal andChildHealth
NursingPractice
Ch. 1: AFramework forMaternal andChild
HealthNursing
Ch. 2:TheChildbearing&Childrearing
Family
Ch. 3: CulturalDiversity andMaternal and
ChildHealthNursing
Ch. 4:TheChildbearing&Childrearing
Family in theCommunity
Unit2:
TheNursingRole inPreparing
Families forChildbearingand
Childrearing
Unit3:
TheNursingRole inCaring for
FamiliesDuringNormal Pregnancy,
Birth, thePostpartum, andNewborn
Period
Unit4:
NursingCareof aFamily
DuringaComplicationof Pregnancy,
Birth, or thePostpartal Period
Unit5:
TheNursingRole inHealth
Promotion for aChildrearingFamily
Unit6:
TheNursingRole in
Supporting theHealthof IllChildren
andTheir Families
Unit7:
TheNursingRole in
RestoringandMaintaining the
HealthofChildrenandFamiliesWith
PhysiologicDisorders
Unit8:
TheNursingRole inRestoring
andMaintaining theMentalHealthof
ChildrenandFamilies
Index
…Abridged tofit
StudyGuide forMaternal andChildHealthNursing,
SeventhEdition
AdelePillitteri, PhD, RN, PNP
978-1-4511-8791-5 •October2013 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •304pp