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Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing, 5th Edition
Gloria Leifer, MA, RN
2007 | 992 pp., 500 illus.
ISBN: 978-1-4160-3275-5

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This market leading LPN Threads title provides a solid foundation in obstetric and pediatric nursing with an emphasis on health promotion and the family. Easy-to-read and logically organized by developmental stage, it covers a wide range of disorders by body system, from simple-to-complex and health-to-illness, providing just the right depth and breadth of content for LPN/LVN students.
   
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit One: An Overview of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

  1. The Past, Present, and Future

Unit Two: Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health

  1. Human Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
  2. Prenatal Development
  3. Prenatal Care and Adaptations to Pregnancy pdf
  4. Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Pregnancy
  5. Nursing Care of Mother and Infant During Labor and Birth
  6. Nursing Management of Pain During Labor and Birth
  7. Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Labor and Birth
  8. The Family After Birth
  9. Nursing Care of Women with Complications Following Birth
  10. The Nurse's Role in Women's Health Care
  11. The Term Newborn
  12. Preterm and Postterm Newborns
  13. The Newborn with a Congenital Malformation

Unit Three: The Growing Child and Family

  1. An Overview of Growth, Development, and Nutrition pdf
  2. The Infant
  3. The Toddler
  4. The Preschool Child
  5. The School-Age Child
  6. The Adolescent

Unit Four: Adapting Care to the Pediatric Patient

  1. The Child's Experience of Hospitalization
  2. Health Care Adaptations for the Child and Family

Unit Five: The Child Needing Nursing Care

  1. The Child with a Sensory or Neurological Condition
  2. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Condition
  3. The Child with a Respiratory or Cardiovascular Disorder
  4. The Child with a Condition of the Blood, Blood-Forming Organs or Lymphatic System
  5. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Condition
  6. The Child with a Genitourinary Condition
  7. The Child with a Skin Disorder
  8. The Child with a Metabolic Condition
  9. The Child with a Communicable Disease
  10. The Child with an Emotional or Behavioral Condition

Unit Six: The Changing Health Care Environment

  1. Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

Contents subject to change upon publication.


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