Maternal and Child Health Nursing

Part 1 Maternal and child health nursing practice: a framework for maternal and child health nursing, the childbearing and childrearing family. Part 2 The nursing role in preparing families for childbearing and childrearing: reproductive and sexual health reproductive life planning; the infertile family. Part 3 The nursing role in caring for the pregnant family: genetic assessment and counselling; psychological and physiologic changes of pregnancy; the growing foetus; assessing foetal and maternal health; promoting foetal and maternal health; nutritional health during pregnancy; preparation for childbirth and parenting; high-risk pregnancy - the woman with a pre-existing or newly acquired illness; high-risk pregnancy - the woman who develops complication of pregnancy; high-risk pregnancy - the woman with special needs. Part 4 The nursing role in caring for the family during labour and delivery: the labour process; providing comfort duruing labour and delivery; caesarean birth; the woman who develops a complication during labour and delivery. Part 5 The nursing role in caring for the family during the postpartal period: nursing care of the postpartal woman and family; nursing care of the newborn and family; nutritional needs of the newborn; nursing care of the woman and family experiencing a postpartal complication; the high-risk newborn and family. Part 6 The nursing role in health promotion for the childrearing family: principles of growth and development; child health assessment; 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; nutritional needs through childhood and adolescence. Part 7 The nursing role in supporting the health of ill children and their families; the nursing role in restoring and maintaining the health of children and families with physiologic disorders: nursing care of the child born with a physical or developmental disorder; nursing care of the child with 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 blood disorder; nursing care of the child with an endocrine 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 muscoloskeletal disorder; nursing care of the child with a traumatic injury; nursing care of the child with cancer. Part 9 The nursing role in restoring and maintaining the health of children and families with mental health disorders: nursing care of the child with a cognitive or mental health disorder; the family in crisis - child and domestic abuse; the family coping with long-term or fatal illness.