Maternal Newborn Nursing Care Plans

Explains how to assess, plan, provide, and evaluate care for pregnancy, delivery, recovery, abnormal conditions, and newborn care. Features more than 65 of the most common and high-risk care plans for nursing care using the nursing process approach, this text includes NIC interventions, discussions on collaborative problems, key nursing activities, signs and symptoms, and diagnostic studies. --From publisher description.

Midwifery & Women's Health

Maternal Newborn Nursing Care Plans provides students with a necessary care plan reference that includes a strong nursing process approach and comprehensive coverage of maternity nursing content. The goal of the book is to provide interventions for both collaborative problems and nursing diagnoses. It emphasizes the use of standardized nursing languages, including NANDA diagnoses, NIC interventions, and NOC outcomes in each care plan. Includes over 65 of the most common normal and high risk care plans associated with maternal newborn nursing care. UNIQUE! Lists the collaborative problems or potential complications for every condition covered. Incorporates a consistent format presentation for each content area that includes: 1) Focus on Collaborative Practice - definition, etiology, physical findings, diagnostic studies; 2) Collaborative Problems - list of collaborative problems and focus assessments; 3) Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans - list of each diagnosis, care plan for each nursing diagnosis that links NANDA, NIC, and NOC; and 4) Teaching/Collaborative Activities. Emphasizes collaboration throughout to show students how to use standardized approaches such as Critical Paths and individualized approaches (Nursing Care Plans) focusing on individualized care much the same as nurses do in practice. UNIQUE! Includes Care Plans from a wellness perspective to provide a greater emphasis on health promotion and prevention and to provide students with the necessary tools for care for areas other than just the problem. Integrates Home Care for certain interventions to stress the importance of follow-up care. Integrates Patient Teaching Interventions for certain diagnoses to help students understand the importance of teaching the patient self-care. . Evidence-Based Neonatal Nursing Practice chapter focuses on the importance of incorporating research into practice and on how to utilize available database resources for systematic research reviews. . Competency Based Neonatal Nursing Education chapter. . Hospice and Palliative Care chapter focuses on special treatment modalities for the neonate with cancer. . Management of NICU Environment chapter provides key information on how the NICU environment will support the premature infant's adaptability to extrauterine life. . Care of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant chapter provides a quick overview of the risk factors, typical problems, long-term outcomes and potential complications. . Complementary Therapies chapter provides discussions of various therapies as complements to traditions, allopathic techniques. . FREE CD-ROM included with the text. Includes: . Case studies and exam questions to help nurses prepare for neonatal intensive care or neonatal nurse practitioner certification or as a study aid to test their content knowledge. . Supplemental information on neonatal nursing standards (from NANN) and competency-based education, . EVOLVE website dedicated to providing the most current links to topics in neonatal nursing at http: //evolve.elsevier.com/Kenner/comprehensiv

A better way to learn maternal and newborn nursing! This unique presentation provides tightly focused maternal-newborn coverage in a highly structured text

A guide for student and practicing nurses. Focusing on wellness and common health problems that impact the maternity client and her newborn, but also includes plans of care identifying general considerations for the high-risk maternity client, who presents less common health problems. Earlier appeared in 1988 and 1994. The 3.5" disk contains software for creating documented care plans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Master the essentials of maternity and pediatric nursing with this comprehensive, all-in-one text! Maternal Child Nursing Care, 7th Edition covers the issues and concerns of women during their childbearing years and children during their developing years. It uses a family-centered, problem-solving approach to patient care, with guidelines supported by evidence-based practice. New to this edition is an emphasis on clinical judgment skills and a new chapter on children with integumentary dysfunction. Written by a team of experts led by Shannon E. Perry and Marilyn J. Hockenberry, this book provides the accurate information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® examination. Focus on the family throughout the text emphasizes the influence of the entire family in health and illness. Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content. Information on victims of sexual abuse as parents and human trafficking helps prepare students to handle these delicate issues. Nursing Alerts highlight critical information that could lead to deteriorating or emergency situations. Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format. Evidence-Based Practice boxes include findings from recent clinical studies. Emergency Treatment boxes describe the signs and symptoms of emergency situations and provide step-by-step interventions. Atraumatic Care boxes teach students how to manage pain and provide competent care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress. Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, provide resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. Patient Teaching boxes highlight important information nurses need to communicate to patients and families. Cultural Considerations boxes describe beliefs and practices relating to pregnancy, labor and birth, parenting, and women’s health. Family-Centered Care boxes draw attention to the needs or concerns of families that students should consider to provide family-centered care.

Discusses HOW things happen with concise descriptions of normal physiologic changes in pregnancy, disease processes, and procedures. Explains WHY things happen with special sections highlighting the physiology of pregnancy, the pathophysiology of diseases, and the evidence base for procedures and interventions. Provides prioritized, step-by-step lists of nursing interventions. Promotes patient education by explaining complex health-care information in language patients will understand. Presents verbatim nurse-patient interactions to use as models for your own approach to asking questions and talking with patients. Highlights potentially life-threatening issues and the appropriate interventions with "Alerts" throughout the text. Provides a wealth of valuable tools and resources, including... "Why is this Important," rationales for important topics. "Tips," non-clinical, but important information and suggestions. "Patient Education," tips for helping patients to understand their health status. "Offering Support," compassionate care advice. "Best Practice," advice from expert practitioners. Common mnemonics, tricks to help you remember what to do and when. Die-cut cervical dilation guide for quick reference.