Maternal-child nursing care: Optimizing outcomes for mothers, children, & families / Susan Ward, Shelton M. Hisle, and Amy Mitchell Kennedy

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traditional and community nursing care for women, families, and children -- Contemporary issues in women's, families', and children's health care -- The evolving family -- Caring for women, families, and children across the life span -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Human sexuality and fertility -- Conception and development of the embryo and fetus -- Physiological and psychosocial changes during pregnancy -- The prenatal assessment -- Promoting a healthy pregnancy -- Caring for the woman experiencing complications during pregnancy -- The process of labor and birth -- Promoting patient comfort during labor and birth -- Caring for the woman experiencing complications during labor and birth -- Caring for the postpartal woman and her family -- Caring for the woman experiencing complications during the postpartal period -- Physiological transition of the newborn -- Caring for the normal newborn -- Caring for the newborn at risk -- Caring for the developing child -- Caring for the child in the hospital, the community, and across care settings -- Caring for the child with a psychosocial or cognitive condition -- Caring for the child with a respiratory condition -- Caring for the child with a gastrointestinal condition -- Caring for the child with an immunological or infectious condition -- Caring for the child with a cardiovascular condition -- Caring for the child with an endocrinological or metabolic condition -- Caring for the child with a neurological or sensory condition -- Caring for the child with a musculoskeletal condition -- Caring for the child with an integumentary condition -- Caring for the child with genitourinary condition -- Caring for the child with a hematological condition -- Caring for the child with cancer -- Caring for the child with a chronic condition or the dying child -- Caring for the critically ill child

Think like a nurse? with the 2nd Edition of this AJN Book-of-the-Year Award winner. It offers the perfect balance of maternal and child nursing care with the right depth and breadth of coverage for students in today?s maternity/pediatric courses. And, it?s accompanied byThe Women?s Health Companion, a complete guide to the role of the nurse in promoting women?s health. A unique emphasis on optimizing outcomes, evidence-based practice, and research supports the goal of caring for women, families and children, not only in traditional hospital settings, but also wherever they live, work, study, or play.