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Tens of thousands of children are removed from home each year due to some form of child maltreatment, usually physical neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse, although sometimes for emotional abuse as well. An additional significant number of children are victims of child maltreatment but remain in their home. Extensive research reveals the far reaching and long lasting negative impact of maltreatment on child victims, including on their physical, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. One particularly troubling and complicated aspect is how the child victim forms (and maintains) a “traumatic bond” with his abuser, even becoming protective and defensive of that person despite the pain and suffering they have caused. This book will provide the reader with the essential experience of understanding how children make meaning of being maltreated by a parent, and how these traumatic bonds form and last. Through an examination of published memoirs of abuse, the authors analyze and reveal the commonalities in the stories to uncover the ways in which adult victims of childhood abuse understand and digest the traumatic experiences of their childhoods. This understanding can inform interventions and treatments designed for this vulnerable population and can help family and friends of victims understand more fully the maltreatment experience “from the inside out.”

Andrews McMeel gift books come in all shapes and sizes and are designed to please. With colorful art, best-selling authors, and charming titles, you are sure to find something special for all of your accounts.

Authors Susan Ricci and Terri Kyle have teamed up to deliver a unique resource for your students to understand the health needs of women and children. This new combination book, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, will empower the reader to guide women and their children toward higher levels of wellness throughout the life cycle. The textbook emphasizes how to anticipate, identify, and address common problems to allow timely, evidence-based interventions. Features include unfolding case studies throughout each chapter, multiple examples of critical thinking, and an outstanding visual presentation with extensive illustrations depicting key concepts. A bound-in CD-ROM and a companion Website include video clips and NCLEX®-style review questions.

Parenting techniques and theories--on Dad's terms! Are you ready for cluster feedings and cradle cap? How about meconium and jaundice? With The New Dad Dictionary, you no longer have to page through parenting tomes to understand what everyone is talking about. From engorgement to independent play, author Chris Illuminati offers a crash course in today's parenting language, guiding you through the foreign territory of doctor visits, magazines, and conversations with Mom. Featuring hundreds of real-life explanations for popular words and phrases, each entry not only translates these textbook terms into plain English, but also teaches you what changes to expect from your baby--and Mom--during this time. So stop banging your head against the wall and discover everything you need to know about raising your child with The New Dad Dictionary!

The second edition of NCLEX-RN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy! is a completely updated NCLEX review book. Over 3,500 questions and answers with rationales are included. The book is divided into six parts: Part 1 provides studying and test-taking strategies for the test itself. Parts 2-6 cover adult care, psychiatric care, maternal-neonatal care, pediatric care, and professional issues. The professional issues section is new to this edition, and includes chapters on management, leadership, and legal and ethical issues. Six comprehensive sample tests with 75 questions each are also included. The book continues the light-hearted approach of the Incredibly Easy! Series™, and familiar cartoon characters from the series provide support for the reader and point out vital information.

An authoritative resource that parents can refer to about their baby's health, from newborn through the first year, this book features scores of references to reliable Web sites and other sources of the most up-to-date pediatric information for parents.

The Seventh Edition of this colorful, student-friendly LPN/LVN textbook has been thoroughly revised to provide even more of the knowledge and skills today's students need to provide safe and effective pediatric care. The text covers foundations and special concerns of pediatric nursing, age-specific developmental information, and clinically-focused coverage of common pediatric illnesses and disorders, organized by growth and development. An updated art program includes hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Workbook pages at the end of each chapter include NCLEX-PN style review questions, study activities, critical thinking questions, and dosage calculations. A bound-in CD-ROM includes Watch & Learn video clips and pediatric dosage calculation problems.