Safe Maternity & Pediatric Nursing Care

Luanne Linnard-Palmer (Author), Gloria Haile Coats (Author)

9780803697348

Paperback / softback, published 29 September 2020

792 pages, 354 illustrations
27.2 x 21.1 x 3 cm, 1.792 kg

Safe Maternity & Pediatric Nursing Care, 2nd Edition. Online Resources, and Davis Edge work together to create an interactive learning experience that teaches students to think critically and make the best patient care decisions.

The text, written specifically for LPNs/LVNs, provides the comprehensive nursing knowledge they need to understand in this key course. Online Resources equip instructors with the lesson plans, teaching resources, and activities to create an active classroom environment where students can apply what they're learning. Davis Edge online quizzing tracks student progress; assesses their knowledge; prepares students for classroom exams and the NCLEX®; and provides real time analytics to identify their weak concepts and topic areas.

Text

This is the maternity/peds textbook that focuses on what LPNs must know with just the right depth and breadth of coverage of the knowledge and skills to practice safely.

A student-friendly approach helps LPN/LVNs to master safe and effective nursing care by developing the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills they need to excel in clinical practice. Clear, concise, readable, well organized, and easy to follow, it's the text that prepares new nurses to make the connections.

Davis Edge Davis Edge is the online quizzing program that integrates seamlessly into the classroom to give students the additional practice questions they need to perform well on course exams and the NCLEX®. Handpicked preset assignments save instructors time, while actionable analytics let them take the pulse of how their students are performing.

Instructors have the real-time data they need to monitor, track, and assess their class's mastery of the content. They are able to easily identify the areas in which students are struggling, intervene quickly, and provide remediation to ensure that students succeed and improve within following areas:

• Comprehension and Retention: How well do students understand the content?
• Participation and Engagement: Are students keeping-up with their reading and assignments?
• Test-Taking Skills: Are students prepared for NCLEX®-style questions and improving their test-taking skills?

• Unit One: Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
• 1. Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
• 2. Culture
• 3. Women'
  s Health Promotion Across the Life Span
• Unit Two: Pregnancy and the Family
• 4. Human Reproduction and Fetal Development
• 5. Physical and Psychological Changes of Pregnancy
• 6. Nursing Care During Pregnancy
• 7. Promoting a Healthy Pregnancy
• 8. Nursing Care of the Woman With Complications During Pregnancy
• Unit Three: Birth and the Family
• 9. Nursing Care During Labor and Childbirth
• 10. Nursing Care of the Woman With Complications During Labor and Birth
• 11. Birth-Related Procedures
• Unit Four: Postpartum Period and the Family
• 12. Postpartum Nursing Care
• 13. Postpartum Complications
• Unit Five: The Newborn
• 14. Physiological and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
• 15. Nursing Care of the Newborn
• 16. Newborn Nutrition
• 17. Nursing Care of the Newborn at Risk
• Unit Six: Growth and Development
• 18. Health Promotion of the Infant: Birth to One Year
• 19. Health Promotion of the Toddler
• 20. Health Promotion of the Preschooler
• 21. Health Promotion of the School-Aged Child
• 22. Health Promotion of the Adolescent
• Unit Seven: Pediatric Concerns and Considerations
• 23. Nursing Care of the Hospitalized Child
• 24. Acutely Ill Children and Their Needs
• 25. Adapting to Chronic Illness and Supporting the Family Unit
• 26. The Abused Child
• Unit Eight: Deviations in Pediatric Health
• 27. Child With a Neurological Condition
• 28. Child With a Sensory Impairment
• 29. Child With a Mental Health Condition
• 30. Child With a Respiratory Condition
• 31. Child With a Cardiac Condition
• 32. Child With a Metabolic Condition
• 33. Child With a Musculoskeletal Condition
• 34. Child With a Gastrointestinal Condition
• 35. Child With a Genitourinary Condition
• 36. Child With a Skin Condition
• 37. Child With a Communicable Disease
• 38. Child With an Oncological or Hematological Condition
• Appendix A: Joint Commission'
  s "Do Not Use" Abbreviation List
• Appendix B: Thirty-Four Types of Medical Errors and Tips for Preventing Harm: Quality and Safety Imperatives for Nurses Caring for Patients Across the Developmental Period
• Appendix C: Universal and Standard Precautions for Preventing Disease Transmission
• Appendix D: Conversion Factors
• Appendix E: Common Medication Administration Calculations in Pediatrics
• Glossary
• Credits
• Index