Prepare for your role as a maternity and child health care nurse with this updated Seventh Edition of Adele Pillitteri’s highly respected text! Presenting maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge, the book presents the experience of wellness and illness as family-centered events and pregnancy and childbirth as periods of wellness in a woman’s life. Using a nursing process framework, the book’s clear, easy-to-understand presentation and wide range of built-in learning aids is designed throughout to help you master important concepts and skills.

• Develop critical thinking skills and make the leap from theory to practice through threaded Case Studies that follow a community of maternity and pediatric clients through each chapter.  
• Build skills in nursing care planning with easy-to-understand, integrated coverage in the text, enhanced by an online Care Plan maker.  
•  Prepare for your role as a coordinator of care through Interprofessional Care Maps that demonstrate the nursing process.
• Learn to conduct accurate client assessments with Nursing Care Planning Using Assessment Boxes that give you specific “how to” tips. 
• Broaden your knowledge of correct administration, potential complications, indications, and contraindications of drugs through Nursing Care Planning Based on Respect for Pharmacology boxes that ensure accuracy when administering drugs. 
• Learn to anticipate and manage various clinical challenges with confidence through open-ended "What If?" questions.
• Prepare for sound practice with the step-by-step guidance provided in Nursing Care Planning Using Procedures Boxes. 
• Build your skills in culturally sensitive practice with Nursing Care Planning Based on Effective Communication and Nursing Care Planning to Respect Cultural Diversity Boxes that promote effective, culturally sensitive communication with diverse clients. 
• Get involved in key concepts through Critical Thinking questions that promote problem-solving and discussion. 
• Assess your progress as you study using Checkpoint questions interspersed in each chapter.
• See how research informs the most current practices with Evidence-Based Practice Check Points that summarize research on topics related to maternal and child health care and connect it to the chapter case study.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit 1: Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice 

Chapter 1

A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing 

Chapter 2

The Childbearing & Childrearing Family 

Chapter 3 

Cultural Diversity and Maternal and Child Health Nursing 

Chapter 4

The Childbearing & Childrearing Family in the Community 

Unit 2: The Nursing Role in Preparing Families for
Childbearing and Childrearing 

Chapter 5

Nursing Care of the Family in Need of Counseling for Reproductive and Sexual Health 

Chapter 6

Nursing Care of the Family in Need of Reproductive Life Planning 

Chapter 7

The Nursing Role in Genetic Assessment and Counseling 

 Chapter 8

Nursing Care of the Couple Having Difficulty Conceiving a Child 

Unit 3: The Nursing Role in Caring for Families During Normal Pregnancy, Birth, the Postpartum, and Newborn Period 

Chapter 9

Nursing Care of the Growing Fetus 

Chapter 10

Nursing Care related to Psychological and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy 

Chapter 11

Nursing Care related to Assessment of a Pregnant Family 

Chapter 12

Nursing Care to Promote Fetal and Maternal Health 

Chapter 13

The Nursing Role in Promoting Nutritional Health During Pregnancy 

Chapter 14

The Nursing Role in Preparing a Family for Childbirth and Parenting 

Chapter 15

Nursing Care of a Family During Labor and Birth 

Chapter 16

The Nursing Role in: Providing Comfort During Labor and Birth 

Chapter 17

Nursing Care of a Postpartal Family 

Chapter 18

Nursing Care of a Family with a Newborn 

Chapter 19

Nutritional Needs of a Newborn 

Unit 4: Nursing Care of a Family During a Complication of Pregnancy, Birth, or the Postpartal Period 

Chapter 20

Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Pregnancy Complication from a Pre-existing or Newly Acquired Illness 

Chapter 21

Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy Complication 

Chapter 22

Nursing Care of a Pregnant Family with Special Needs 

Chapter 23

Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Complication of Labor or Birth 

Chapter 24

Nursing Care of a Family During A Surgical Intervention for Birth      

Chapter 25

Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Postpartal Complication 

Chapter 26

Nursing Care of a Family with a High-Risk Newborn 

Chapter 27

Nursing Care of the Child Born with a Physical or Developmental Challenge 

Unit 5: The Nursing Role in Health Promotion for a Childrearing Family Chapter 28

Principles of Growth and Development 

Chapter 29

Nursing Care of a Family With an Infant 

Chapter 30

Nursing Care of a Family With a Toddler 

Chapter 31

Nursing Care of a Family With a Preschool Child 

Chapter 32

Nursing Care of a Family With a School-Age Child 

Chapter 33

Nursing Care of a Family With an Adolescent 

Chapter 34

Child Health Assessment 

Chapter 35

Communication and Teaching With Children and Families 

Unit 6: The Nursing Role in Supporting the Health of Ill Children and Their Families 

Chapter 36

Nursing Care of a Family With an Ill Child 

Chapter 37

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Diagnostic or Therapeutic Modalities 

Chapter 38

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Needs Medication Administration or Intravenous Therapy 

Chapter 39

Pain Management in Children 

Unit 7: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Health of Children and Families With Physiologic Disorders 

Chapter 40

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Respiratory Disorder 

Chapter 41

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cardiovascular Disorder 

Chapter 42

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Immune Disorder 

Chapter 43

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Infectious Disorder 

Chapter 44

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Hematologic Disorder 

Chapter 45

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Gastrointestinal Disorder 

Chapter 46

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder 

Chapter 47

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Reproductive Disorder 

Chapter 48

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Endocrine or a Metabolic Disorder 

Chapter 49

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Neurologic Disorder 

Chapter 50

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Vision or Hearing Disorder 

Chapter 51

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Musculoskeletal Disorder 

Chapter 52

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Unintentional Injury 

Chapter 53

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Malignancy 

Unit 8: The Nursing Role in Restoring and Maintaining the Mental Health of Children and Families 

Chapter 54

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder 

Chapter 55

Nursing Care of a Family in Crisis: Abuse and Violence in the Family 

Chapter 56

Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Long-Term or Terminal Illness 

Index