Maternal & child health nursing : care of the childbearing & childrearing family / Adele Pillitteri.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A framework for maternal and child health nursing -- The childbearing and childrearing family and community -- Sociocultural aspects of maternal and child health nursing -- Reproductive and sexual health -- Reproductive life planning -- The infertile couple -- Genetic assessment and counseling -- The growing fetus -- Psychological and physiologic changes of pregnancy -- Assessing fetal and maternal health: prenatal care -- Promoting fetal and maternal health -- Promoting nutritional health during pregnancy -- Preparation for childbirth and parenting -- High-risk pregnancy: a woman with a preexisting or newly acquired illness -- High-risk pregnancy: a woman who develops a complication of pregnancy -- Home care of the pregnant client -- High-risk pregnancy: a woman with special needs -- Caring for a woman during vaginal birth -- Providing comfort during labor and birth -- Cesarean birth -- The woman who develops a complication during labor and birth -- Nursing care of a postpartal woman and family -- Nursing care of a woman and family experiencing a postpartal complication -- Nursing care of a newborn and family --

Nutritional needs of a newborn -- Nursing care of the high-risk newborn and family -- Principles of growth and development -- The family with an infant -- The family with a toddler -- The family with a preschooler -- The family with a school-age child -- The family with an adolescent -- Child health assessment -- Communication and teaching with children and families -- Nursing care of the ill child and family -- Nursing care of a child undergoing diagnostic techniques and other therapeutic modalities -- Nursing care of the child undergoing medication administration and intravenous therapy -- Pain management in children -- Nursing care of the child born with a physical or developmental challenge -- Nursing care of a child with a respiratory disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a cardiovascular disorder -- Nursing care of the child with an immune disorder --

Nursing care of the child with an infectious disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a hematologic disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a gastrointestinal disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a renal or urinary tract disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a reproductive disorder -- Nursing care of the child with an endocrine or metabolic disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a neurologic disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a disorder of the eyes or ears -- Nursing care of the child with a musculoskeletal disorder -- Nursing care of the child with a traumatic injury -- Nursing care of the child with cancer -- Nursing care of the child with a cognitive or mental health disorder -- Nursing care of the family in crisis: abuse and violence in the family -- Nursing care of the family coping with a child's long-term or terminal illness.