Reinforce your understanding of maternity and pediatric nursing with this practical study guide! With chapters corresponding to Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition, this workbook provides a variety of exercises and activities to help you review concepts and apply them to patient care. Case studies include questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX� exam, allowing you to practice critical thinking and build skills in clinical judgment. Updated with questions on new methods and treatment, this study guide helps you prepare for success on your licensure examination and in nursing practice.
- Updated exercises correspond with the textbook’s new content on methods and treatment for the care of women, families, newborns, and children.
- Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX� exam include exercises with questions to help you develop skills in clinical judgment and prepare for the licensure examination.
- Thinking Critically activities require you to apply what you’ve learned in the textbook to new situations or to draw conclusions based on that knowledge.
- Applying Knowledge activities provide additional opportunities for you to apply learned information to clinical care.
- Review questions cover information from the textbook by chapter, with appropriate nursing actions, what to expect in terms of medical orders or patient care, and potential complications.
- Variety of exercises includes matching, multiple-choice, vocabulary building, short answer, and select-all-that-apply questions to reinforce your understanding of basic concepts and factual knowledge
Table of Contents
UNIT I: AN OVERVIEW OF MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING1. The Past, Present, and Future
2. The Nurse’s Role in Women’s Health Care
UNIT II: MATERNAL-NEWBORN NURSING AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
3. Human Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
4. Fetal Development
5. Prenatal Care and Adaptations to Pregnancy
6. Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Pregnancy
7. Nursing Care of Mother and Infant During Labor and Birth
8. Nursing Management of Pain During Labor and Birth
9. Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Labor and Birth
10. The Family After Birth
11. Nursing Care of Women with Complications After Birth
12. The Term Newborn
13. Preterm and Postterm Newborns
14. The Newborn with a Perinatal Injury or Congenital Malformation
UNIT III: THE GROWING CHILD AND FAMILY
15. An Overview of Growth, Development, and Nutrition
16. The Infant
17. The Toddler
18. The Preschool Child
19. The School-Age Child
20. The Adolescent
UNIT IV: ADAPTING CARE TO THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
21. The Child’s Experience of Hospitalization and Illness
22. Health Care Adaptations for the Child and Family
23. Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
UNIT V: THE CHILD NEEDING NURSING CARE
24. The Child with a Sensory or Neurological Condition
25. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Condition
26. The Child with a Respiratory Disorder
27. The Child with a Cardiovascular Disorder
28. The Child with a Condition of the Blood, Blood-Forming Organs, or Lymphatic System
29. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Condition
30. The Child with a Genitourinary Condition
31. The Child with a Skin Condition
32. The Child with a Metabolic Condition
33. The Child with a Communicable Disease and Immune Response
34. The Child with an Emotional or Behavioral Condition
