Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th Edition

Prepare for your role as a maternity and child health care nurse with this updated Seventh Edition of Adele Pillitteri’s highly respected text! Presenting maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge, the book presents the experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and pregnancy and childbirth as periods of wellness in a woman’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 to help you master important concepts and skills.* Develop critical thinking skills and make the leap from theory to practice through threaded **__Case Studies__** that follow a community of maternity and pediatric clients through each chapter. * Build skills in **nursing care planning** with easy-to-understand, integrated coverage in the text, enhanced by an online Care Plan maker. * Prepare for your role as a coordinator of care through **Interprofessional Care Maps** that demonstrate the nursing process. * Learn to conduct accurate client assessments with **Nursing Care Planning Using Assessment Boxes** that give you specific “how to” tips. * Broaden your knowledge of correct administration, potential complications, indications, and contraindications of drugs through **Nursing Care Planning Based on Respect for****Pharmacology boxes** that ensure accuracy when administering drugs. * Learn to anticipate and manage various clinical challenges with confidence through open-ended **"What If?" questions** . * Prepare for sound practice with the step-by-step guidance provided in **Nursing Care Planning Using Procedures Boxes** . * Build your skills in culturally sensitive practice with **Nursing Care Planning Based on Effective****Communication** and **Nursing Care Planning to Respect Cultural Diversity Boxes** that promote effective, culturally sensitive communication with diverse clients. * Get involved in key concepts through **Critical Thinking questions** that promote problem-solving and discussion. * Assess your progress as you study using **Checkpoint questions** interspersed in each chapter. * See how research informs the most current practices with **Evidence-Based Practice Check Points** that summarize research on topics related to maternal and child health care and connect it to the chapter case study. Understand the importance of the nurse's role in accomplishing the health care goals of our nation through **Nursing Care Planning Based on 2020****National Health Goals** features. Cover Contents in Brief Title Page Copyright Dedication Contributors Reviewers Preface The Changing Health Care Scene Organization of the Text Pedagogic Features Teaching and Learning Package Acknowledgments Contents Unit 1: Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice Chapter 1: A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GOALS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH GOALS AND STANDARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING CARE A CHANGING DISCIPLINE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS OF MATERNAL–CHILD PRACTICE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF PRACTICE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 2: The Childbearing and Childrearing Family KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES FAMILY STRUCTURES FAMILY FUNCTIONS AND ROLES ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 3: Cultural Diversity and Maternal and Child Health Nursing KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES METHODS TO RESPECT DIVERSITY IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 4: The Childbearing and Childrearing Family in the Community KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE FAMILY AS PART OF A COMMUNITY HOME CARE ASSESSING A FAMILY FOR HOME CARE BEGINNING HOME CARE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 2: The Nursing Role in Preparing Families for Childbearing and Childrearing Chapter 5: The Nursing Role in Reproductive and Sexual Health KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ASSESSING AND MEETING REPRODUCTIVE CONCERNS REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM MENSTRUATION SEXUALITY SEXUAL HARASSMENT DISORDERS OF SEXUAL FUNCTIONING KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 6: Nursing Care for the Family in Need of Reproductive Life Planning KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES CONTRACEPTION THE COUPLE WITH UNIQUE NEEDS FUTURE TRENDS IN CONTRACEPTION ELECTIVE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 7: The Nursing Role in Genetic Assessment and Counseling KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GENETIC DISORDERS GENETIC COUNSELING AND TESTING COMMON CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS RESULTING IN PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 8: Nursing Care of the Family Having Difficulty Conceiving a Child KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES SUBFERTILITY FERTILITY ASSESSMENT FACTORS THAT CAUSE MALE SUBFERTILITY FACTORS THAT CAUSE FEMALE SUBFERTILITY UNEXPLAINED SUBFERTILITY ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES ALTERNATIVES TO CHILDBIRTH KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 3: The Nursing Role in Caring for Families During Normal Pregnancy, Birth, the Postpartum, and Newborn Period Chapter 9: Nursing Care of the Growing Fetus KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES STAGES OF FETAL DEVELOPMENT EMBRYONIC AND FETAL STRUCTURES ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGAN SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT OF FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WOMEN WITH UNIQUE NEEDS OR CONCERNS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 10: Nursing Care Related to Psychological and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF PREGNANCY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TASKS OF PREGNANCY THE CONFIRMATION OF PREGNANCY PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF PREGNANCY WOMEN WITH UNIQUE CONCERNS IN PREGNANCY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 11: Nursing Care Related to Assessment of a Pregnant Family KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY HEALTH ASSESSMENT DURING THE FIRST PRENATAL VISIT SIGNS INDICATING POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CASE STUDY References Chapter 12: Nursing Care to Promote Fetal and Maternal Health KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION DURING PREGNANCY PREVENTING FETAL EXPOSURE TO TERATOGENS PREPARATION FOR LABOR KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 13: The Nursing Role in Promoting Nutritional Health During Pregnancy KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES RELATIONSHIP OF MATERNAL NUTRITION AND FETAL HEALTH ASSESSING NUTRITIONAL HEALTH PROMOTING NUTRITIONAL HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY WOMEN WITH UNIQUE NEEDS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 14: Preparing a Family for Childbirth and Parenting KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION THE CHILDBIRTH PLAN PRECONCEPTION CLASSES EXPECTANT PARENTING CLASSES METHODS TO MANAGE PAIN IN CHILDBIRTH THE BIRTH SETTING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF BIRTH UNASSISTED BIRTHING WOMEN WITH UNIQUE NEEDS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 15: Nursing Care of a Family During Labor and Birth KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THEORIES OF WHY LABOR BEGINS THE COMPONENTS OF LABOR THE STAGES OF LABOR MATERNAL AND FETAL RESPONSES TO LABOR MEASURING PROGRESS IN LABOR MATERNAL AND FETAL ASSESSMENTS DURING LABOR THE CARE OF A WOMAN DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOR THE CARE OF A WOMAN DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOR THE CARE OF A WOMAN DURING THE THIRD AND FOURTH STAGES OF LABOR THE WOMAN WITH UNIQUE CONCERNS IN LABOR KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 16: The Nursing Role in Providing Comfort During Labor and Birth KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES EXPERIENCE OF PAIN DURING CHILDBIRTH COMFORT AND PAIN RELIEF MEASURES NURSING CARE TO PROMOTE THE COMFORT OF A WOMAN DURING LABOR THE WOMAN WITH UNIQUE NEEDS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 17: Nursing Care of a Postpartal Family KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE POSTPARTAL PERIOD PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF THE POSTPARTAL PERIOD NURSING CARE OF A WOMAN AND FAMILY DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS AFTER BIRTH NURSING CARE OF A WOMAN AND FAMILY IN PREPARATION FOR HEALTH AGENCY DISCHARGE NURSING CARE OF A POSTPARTAL WOMAN AND FAMILY WITH UNIQUE NEEDS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 18: Nursing Care of a Family With a Newborn KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE PROFILE OF A NEWBORN ASSESSMENTS FOR WELL-BEING THE CARE OF A NEWBORN AT BIRTH NURSING CARE OF A NEWBORN AND FAMILY IN THE POSTPARTAL PERIOD THE ASSESSMENT OF A FAMILY’S READINESS TO CARE FOR A NEWBORN AT HOME KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 19: Nutritional Needs of a Newborn KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES NUTRITIONAL ALLOWANCES FOR A NEWBORN BREASTFEEDING FORMULA FEEDING DISCHARGE PLANNING FOR NEWBORN NUTRITION KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 4: The Nursing Role in Caring for a Family During a Complication of Pregnancy, Birth, or the Postpartal Period Chapter 20: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Pregnancy Complication From a Preexisting or Newly Acquired Illness KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES IDENTIFYING A HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY RENAL AND URINARY DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY RESPIRATORY DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY RHEUMATIC DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY ENDOCRINE DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY MENTAL ILLNESS AND PREGNANCY CANCER AND PREGNANCY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 21: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy Complication KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES BLEEDING DURING PREGNANCY PRETERM LABOR PRETERM RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION HELLP SYNDROME MULTIPLE PREGNANCY HYDRAMNIOS OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS POSTTERM PREGNANCY PSEUDOCYESIS ISOIMMUNIZATION (Rh INCOMPATIBILITY) FETAL DEATH KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 22: Nursing Care of a Pregnant Family With Special Needs KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE PREGNANT ADOLESCENT THE PREGNANT WOMAN OVER AGE 40 YEARS THE PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS PHYSICALLY OR COGNITIVELY CHALLENGED A WOMAN WHO IS SUBSTANCE DEPENDENT TRAUMA AND PREGNANCY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY REFERENCES Chapter 23: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Complication of Labor or Birth KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES COMPLICATIONS WITH THE POWER (THE FORCE OF LABOR) PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSAGE ANOMALIES OF THE PLACENTA AND CORD KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 24: Nursing Care of a Family During a Surgical Intervention for Birth KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS CESAREAN BIRTH EFFECTS OF SURGERY ON A WOMAN NURSING CARE FOR A WOMAN ANTICIPATING A CESAREAN BIRTH NURSING CARE FOR A WOMAN HAVING AN EMERGENT CESAREAN BIRTH INTRAOPERATIVE CARE MEASURES POSTPARTAL CARE MEASURES KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 25: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Postpartum Complication KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGES PUERPERAL INFECTIONS THROMBOPHLEBITIS MASTITIS URINARY SYSTEM DISORDERS CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISORDERS REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERPERIUM KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 26: Nursing Care of a Family With a High-Risk Newborn KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES NEWBORN PRIORITIES IN THE FIRST DAYS OF LIFE THE NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF ALTERED GESTATIONAL AGE OR BIRTH WEIGHT ILLNESSES THAT OCCUR IN NEWBORNS THE NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF A MATERNAL INFECTION OR ILLNESS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 27: Nursing Care of the Child Born With a Physical or Developmental Challenge KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES CARE AT THE BIRTH OF AN INFANT BORN PHYSICALLY OR DEVELOPMENTALLY CHALLENGED PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 5: The Nursing Role in Health Promotion for a Childrearing Family Chapter 28: Principles of Growth and Development KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF THE NURSE PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT USING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 29: Nursing Care of a Family With an Infant KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFANT THE NURSING ROLE IN HEALTH PROMOTION OF AN INFANT AND FAMILY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 30: Nursing Care of a Family With a Toddler KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES NURSING ASSESSMENT OF A TODDLER’S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION OF A TODDLER AND FAMILY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 31: Nursing Care of a Family With a Preschool Child KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES NURSING ASSESSMENT OF A PRESCHOOLER’S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE HEALTH PROMOTION OF A PRESCHOOLER AND FAMILY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 32: Nursing Care of a Family With a School-Age Child KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SCHOOL-AGE CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION FOR A SCHOOL-AGE CHILD AND FAMILY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 33: Nursing Care of a Family With an Adolescent KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROMOTION FOR AN ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 34: Child Health Assessment KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH HISTORY: ESTABLISHING A DATABASE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT VISION ASSESSMENT HEARING ASSESSMENT SPEECH ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENTAL APPRAISAL INTELLIGENCE TEMPERAMENT IMMUNIZATIONS CONCLUDING A HEALTH ASSESSMENT KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 35: Communication and Teaching With Children and Families KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES COMMUNICATION HEALTH TEACHING IN A CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A TEACHING PLAN HEALTH TEACHING FOR A SURGICAL EXPERIENCE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 6: The Nursing Role in Supporting the Health of III Children and Their Families Chapter 36: Nursing Care of a Family With an Ill Child KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE MEANING OF ILLNESS TO CHILDREN CARE OF THE ILL CHILD AND FAMILY IN THE HOSPITAL NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CARE OF THE ILL CHILD AND FAMILY PROMOTING SAFETY FOR THE ILL CHILD PROMOTING ADEQUATE SLEEP FOR THE ILL CHILD PROMOTING ADEQUATE STIMULATION FOR THE ILL CHILD PROMOTING PLAY FOR THE ILL CHILD KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 37: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Diagnostic or Therapeutic Modalities KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES WITH DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES MEASURING VITAL SIGNS REDUCING ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN CHILDREN COMMON DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES COLLECTING SPECIMENS FOR ANALYSIS ASSISTANCE WITH ELIMINATION NUTRITIONAL CARE HOT AND COLD THERAPY WOUND CARE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 38: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Medication Administration or Intravenous Therapy KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION INTRAVENOUS THERAPY KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 39: Pain Management in Children KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN ASSESSING THE TYPE AND DEGREE OF PAIN PAIN ASSESSMENT PAIN MANAGEMENT NONPHARMACOLOGIC PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR CHILDREN PHARMACOLOGIC PAIN RELIEF ONGOING PAIN RELIEF KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY REFERENCES Unit 7: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Health of Children and Families With Physiologic Disorders Chapter 40: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Respiratory Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ASSESSING RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN CHILDREN HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN CHILDREN DISORDERS OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 41: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cardiovascular Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF HEART DISORDERS IN CHILDREN HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT NURSING CARE OF THE CHILD WITH A CARDIAC DISORDER CONGENITAL HEART DISORDERS ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 42: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Immune Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR IMMUNE DISORDERS IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS ALLERGY COMMON IMMUNE REACTIONS ATOPIC DISORDERS DRUG AND FOOD ALLERGIES STINGING INSECT HYPERSENSITIVITY CONTACT DERMATITIS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 43: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Infectious Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE INFECTIOUS PROCESS HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT CARING FOR THE CHILD WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE VIRAL INFECTIONS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OTHER INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 44: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Hematologic Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES FOR HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT DISORDERS OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS DISORDERS OF BLOOD COAGULATION KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 45: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Gastrointestinal Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID–BASE IMBALANCES COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS IN CHILDREN COMMON DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM HEPATIC DISORDERS INTESTINAL DISORDERS DISORDERS OF THE LOWER BOWEL DISORDERS CAUSED BY FOOD, VITAMIN, AND MINERAL DEFICIENCIES KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 46: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE KIDNEYS ASSESSMENT OF RENAL AND URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTION THERAPEUTIC MEASURES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RENAL DISEASE HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM AND RELATED DISORDERS DISORDERS AFFECTING NORMAL URINARY ELIMINATION KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 47: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Reproductive Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ASSESSING REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN CHILDREN HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT DISORDERS CAUSED BY ALTERED REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN MALES REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN FEMALES BREAST DISORDERS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 48: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Endocrine or a Metabolic Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT THE PITUITARY GLAND PITUITARY GLAND DISORDERS THE THYROID GLAND THYROID GLAND DISORDERS THE ADRENAL GLAND ADRENAL GLAND DISORDERS THE PANCREAS THE PARATHYROID GLANDS METABOLIC DISORDERS (INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM) KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 49: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Neurologic Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ASSESSING THE CHILD WITH A NEUROLOGIC DISORDER HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE NEURAL TUBE DISORDERS NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES CEREBRAL PALSY INFECTION INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS SPINAL CORD INJURY ATAXIC DISORDERS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 50: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Vision or Hearing Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT VISION DISORDERS THAT INTERFERE WITH VISION STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF THE EYE INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE EYE INNER EYE CONDITIONS THE CHILD SCHEDULED FOR EYE SURGERY THE HOSPITALIZED CHILD WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE EARS DISORDERS OF THE EAR THE HOSPITALIZED CHILD WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 51: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Musculoskeletal Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN DISORDERS OF BONE DEVELOPMENT INFECTIOUS AND INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS OF THE BONES AND JOINTS DISORDERS OF SKELETAL STRUCTURE DISORDERS OF THE JOINTS AND TENDONS: COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISEASE DISORDERS OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLES KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 52: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Unintentional Injury KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT THE INJURED CHILD HEAD TRAUMA ABDOMINAL TRAUMA DENTAL TRAUMA NEAR DROWNING POISONING FOREIGN BODY OBSTRUCTION BITES ATHLETIC INJURIES INJURIES OF THE EXTREMITIES THERMAL INJURIES KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 53: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Malignancy KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT NEOPLASIA ASSESSING CHILDREN WITH CANCER OVERVIEW OF CANCER TREATMENT MEASURES USED WITH CHILDREN THE LEUKEMIAS THE LYMPHOMAS NEOPLASMS OF THE BRAIN BONE TUMORS OTHER CHILDHOOD NEOPLASMS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Unit 8: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Mental Health of Children and Families Chapter 54: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS ANXIETY DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD OR ADOLESCENCE EATING DISORDERS TIC DISORDERS DEPRESSION AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AFFECTING CHILDREN ELIMINATION DISORDERS KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 55: Nursing Care of a Family in Crisis: Maltreatment and Violence in the Family KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT CHILD MALTREATMENT SEXUAL MALTREATMENT RAPE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Chapter 56: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Long-Term or Terminal Illness KEY TERMS OBJECTIVES THE CHILD WITH A LONG-TERM ILLNESS THE CHILD WHO IS TERMINALLY ILL KEY POINTS FOR REVIEW CRITICAL THINKING CARE STUDY References Appendix A: Answers to QSEN Checkpoint Questions CHAPTER 1: A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing CHAPTER 2: The Childbearing and Childrearing Family CHAPTER 3: Cultural Diversity and Maternal and Child Health Nursing CHAPTER 4: The Childbearing and Childrearing Family in the Community CHAPTER 5: The Nursing Role in Reproductive and Sexual Health CHAPTER 6: Nursing Care for the Family in Need of Reproductive Life Planning CHAPTER 7: The Nursing Role in Genetic Assessment and Counseling CHAPTER 8: Nursing Care of the Family Having Difficulty Conceiving a Child CHAPTER 9: Nursing Care of the Growing Fetus CHAPTER 10: Nursing Care Related to Psychological and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy CHAPTER 11: Nursing Care Related to Assessment of a Pregnant Family CHAPTER 12: Nursing Care to Promote Fetal and Maternal Health CHAPTER 13: The Nursing Role in Promoting Nutritional Health During Pregnancy CHAPTER 14: Preparing a Family for Childbirth and Parenting CHAPTER 15: Nursing Care of a Family During Labor and Birth CHAPTER 16: The Nursing Role in Providing Comfort During Labor and Birth CHAPTER 17: Nursing Care of a Postpartal Family CHAPTER 18: Nursing Care of a Family With a Newborn CHAPTER 19: Nutritional Needs of a Newborn CHAPTER 20: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Pregnancy Complication from a Preexisting or Newly Acquired Illness CHAPTER 21: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy Complication CHAPTER 22: Nursing Care of a Pregnant Family With Special Needs CHAPTER 23: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Complication of Labor or Birth CHAPTER 24: Nursing Care of a Family During a Surgical Intervention for Birth CHAPTER 25: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Postpartum Complication CHAPTER 26: Nursing Care of a Family With a High-Risk Newborn CHAPTER 27: Nursing Care of the Child Born With a Physical or Developmental Challenge CHAPTER 28: Principles of Growth and Development CHAPTER 29: Nursing Care of a Family With an Infant CHAPTER 30: Nursing Care of a Family With a Toddler CHAPTER 31: Nursing Care of a Family With a Preschool Child CHAPTER 32: Nursing Care of a Family With a School-Age Child CHAPTER 33: Nursing Care of a Family With an Adolescent CHAPTER 34: Child Health Assessment CHAPTER 35: Communication and Teaching With Children and Families CHAPTER 36: Nursing Care of a Family With an Ill Child CHAPTER 37: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Diagnostic or Therapeutic Modalities CHAPTER 38: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Medication Administration or Intravenous Therapy CHAPTER 39: Pain Management in Children CHAPTER 40: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Respiratory Disorder CHAPTER 41: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cardiovascular Disorder CHAPTER 42: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Immune Disorder CHAPTER 43: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Infectious Disorder CHAPTER 44: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Hematologic Disorder CHAPTER 45: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Gastrointestinal Disorder CHAPTER 46: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder CHAPTER 47: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Reproductive Disorder CHAPTER 48: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Endocrine or a Metabolic Disorder CHAPTER 49: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Neurologic Disorder CHAPTER 50: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Vision or Hearing Disorder CHAPTER 51: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Musculoskeletal Disorder CHAPTER 52: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Unintentional Injury CHAPTER 53: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Malignancy CHAPTER 54: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder CHAPTER 55: Nursing Care of a Family in Crisis: Maltreatment and Violence in the Family CHAPTER 56: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Long-Term or Terminal Illness Index Prepare for your role as a maternity and child health care nurse with this updated Seventh Edition of Adele Pillitteri’s highly respected text! Presenting maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge, the book presents the experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and pregnancy and childbirth as periods of wellness in a woman’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 to help you master important concepts and skills. Develop critical thinking skills and make the leap from theory to practice through threaded Case Studies that follow a community of maternity and pediatric clients through each chapter. Build skills in nursing care planning with easy-to-understand, integrated coverage in the text, enhanced by an online Care Plan maker. Prepare for your role as a coordinator of care through Interprofessional Care Maps that demonstrate the nursing process. Learn to conduct accurate client assessments with Nursing Care Planning Using Assessment Boxes that give you specific “how to” tips. Broaden your knowledge of correct administration, potential complications, indications, and contraindications of drugs through Nursing Care Planning Based on Respect for Pharmacology boxes that ensure accuracy when administering drugs. Learn to anticipate and manage various clinical challenges with confidence through open-ended "What If?" questions . Prepare for sound practice with the step-by-step guidance provided in Nursing Care Planning Using Procedures Boxes . Build your skills in culturally sensitive practice with Nursing Care Planning Based on Effective Communication and Nursing Care Planning to Respect Cultural Diversity Boxes that promote effective, culturally sensitive communication with diverse clients. Get involved in key concepts through Critical Thinking questions that promote problem-solving and discussion. Assess your progress as you study using Checkpoint questions interspersed in each chapter. See how research informs the most current practices with Evidence-Based Practice Check Points that summarize research on topics related to maternal and child health care and connect it to the chapter case study. Understand the importance of the nurse's role in accomplishing the health care goals of our nation through Nursing Care Planning Based on 2020 National Health Goals features. This highly respected book helps students develop the technical skills and broad understanding vital for effective practice while ensuring they never lose sight of the importance of compassion in their role as nurses. Presenting maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines but as a continuum of knowledge, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Seventh Edition views the experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and pregnancy and childbirth as periods of wellness in a woman's life. Consistently linking theory with application to bring clinical concepts to life and using a nursing process framework to help students prepare for effective practice, this Seventh Edition adds new chapter-ending case studies, an expanded focus on culture and families, the latest QSEN content, and more. In addition, this edition is supported by PrepU's adaptive quizzing, DocuCare's educational electronic health record software, and a fully updated Study Guide.