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This is the maternity/peds textbook that focuses on what LPNs must know with just the right depth and breadth of coverage of the knowledge and skills that LPNs need to know to practice safely.
 
A student-friendly approach helps LPN/LVNs to master safe and effective nursing care by developing the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills they need to excel in clinical practice. Clear, concise, readable, well organized, and easy to follow, it’s the text that prepares new nurses to make the connections. An access code inside new, printed texts unlocks access to a wealth of student resources.
 
Our approach to LPN/LVN education
“LPN/LVN Connections,” is a consistent and recognizable approach that makes it easier for students and instructors to use multiple books across the LPN curriculum. It responds to the pressures and challenges faced in nursing education by highlighting key themes across our core textbooks, and maintaining a consistent reading level, common terminology and lab values to improve student outcomes in class and prepare them for professional practice. Educators: Contact your F.A. Davis Consultant to learn more about LPN/LVN Connections.
 

• Updated & Revised! Reflecting the art and the science of LPN/LVN practice as well as the newest evidence and changes in health care
• New! “Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment” case studies with questions that develop clinical judgment skills (Suggested answers online.)
• Expanded! Content on the “Social Determinants of Health” in Chapter 2
• New! COVID-19 coverage incorporated into the relevant chapters
• “LPN/LVN Connections,” a consistent and recognizable approach that makes it easier for students and instructors to use multiple books across the LPN curriculum.
• Focused, highly structured chapters cover must-know information in easy-to-read language with a colorful visual design that makes concepts easier to grasp.
• Carefully curated content includes only what most LPN students need to know.
• Student-friendly features in each chapter organize and highlight important concepts to help make the connections, including Real-World Case Study with Questions, Safety STAT!, Conceptual Cornerstone, Patient Teaching Guidelines. Health Promotion, Cultural Considerations, Labs & Diagnostics, Nursing Care Plans, and more.

 

I.Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
1.Introduction
2.Culture
3.Women’s Health Promotion Across the Life Span
II.Pregnancy and the Family
4.Human Reproduction and Fetal Development
5.Physical and Psychological Changes of Pregnancy
6.Nursing Care During Pregnancy
7.Promoting a Healthy Pregnancy
8.Nursing Care of the Woman With Complications During Pregnancy
III.Birth and the Family
9.Nursing Care During Labor and Childbirth
10.Nursing Care of the Woman With Complications During Labor and Birth
11.Birth-Related Procedures
IV.Postpartum Period and the Family
12.Postpartum Nursing Care
13.Postpartum Complications
V.The Newborn
14.Physiological and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
15.Nursing Care of the Newborn
16.Newborn Nutrition
17.Nursing Care of the Newborn at Risk
VI.Growth and Development
18.Health Promotion of the Infant: Birth to 1 Year
19.Health Promotion of the Toddler
20.Health Promotion of the Preschooler
21.Health Promotion of the School-Aged Child
22.Health Promotion of the Adolescent
VII.Pediatric Concerns and Considerations
23.Nursing Care of a Child in the Hospital, Clinic and Home
24.Acutely Ill Children and Their Needs
25.Adapting to Chronic Illness and Supporting the Family Unit
26.The Abused Child
VIII.Deviations in Pediatric Health
27.Child With a Neurological Condition
28.Child With a Sensory Impairment
29.Child With a Mental Health Condition
30.Child With a Respiratory Condition
31.Child With a Cardiac Condition
32.Child With a Metabolic Condition
33.Child With a Musculoskeletal Condition
34.Child With a Gastrointestinal Condition
35.Child With a Genitourinary Condition
36.Child With a Skin Condition
37.Child With a Communicable Disease
38.Child With an Oncological or Hematological Condition
Appendices
A.Best Practices for Medication Administration for Pediatric Patients
B.Thirty-Five Types of Medical Errors and Tips for Preventing Harm: Quality and Safety Imperatives for Nurses Caring for Patients Across the Developmental Period, 710
C.Conversion Factors
D.Common Medication Administration Calculations in Pediatrics
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