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Study Guide for Maternal Child Nursing Care, 7th Edition by Perry – All 50 Chapters Covered + Answer Key This in-depth study guide is your essential companion to Maternal Child Nursing Care (7th Edition) by Perry. It includes: All 50 Chapters summarized and explained Answer Key Included for self-check and mastery Perfect for nursing students, exam prep, and course review Covers key topics like prenatal care, labor & delivery, newborn care, pediatrics, and women’s health Format: PDF (Instant Download) Edition: 7th (Perry et al.) Compatible with most maternal-child nursing courses Trusted by nursing students across ADN, BSN, and RN programs

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Maternal Child Nursing Care 7th Edition by
Perry | Chapter 1 – 50 + Answer Key




STUDY GUIDE




1

,Unit 1 Introduction to Maternity Nursing
1 21st Century Maternity Nursing
2 The Family, Culture, Spirituality, and Home Care
Unit 2 Reproductive Years
3 Assessment and Health Promotion 4
Reproductive System Concerns
5 Infertility, Contraception, and Abortion
Unit 3 Pregnancy
6 Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development 7
Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
8 Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy 9
Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
10 Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy
11 High-Risk Perinatal Care: Preexisting Conditions 12
High-Risk Perinatal Care: Gestational Conditions Unit 4
Childbirth
13 Labor and Birth Processes
14 Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Woman
15 Fetal Assessment During Labor
16 Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth 17
Labor and Birth Complications
Unit 5 Postpartum Period
18 Postpartum Physiologic Changes
19 Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period 20
Transition to Parenthood
21 Postpartum Complications
Unit 6 Newborn
22 Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn 23
Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
24 Newborn Nutrition and Feeding 25
The High-Risk Newborn
Unit 7 Children, Their Families, and the Nurse
26 21st Century Pediatric Nursing
27 Family, Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health
Promotion
28 Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion
Unit 8 Assessment of the Child and Family
29 Communication, History, and Physical Assessment of
the Child and Family
30 Pain Assessment and Management in Children
Unit 9 Health Promotion and Special Health Problems
31 The Infant and Family 32
The Toddler and Family
33 The Preschooler and Family
34 The School-Age Child and Family
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,35 The Adolescent and Family
Unit 10 Special Needs, Illness, and Hospitalization
36 Impact of Chronic Illness, Disability, or End-of-Life Care for the Child and
Family
37 Impact of Cognitive or Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family 38
Family-Centered Care of the Child During Illness and Hospitalization 39
Pediatric Variations of Nursing Interventions
Unit 11 Health Problems of Children
40 The Child with Respiratory Dysfunction 41
The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction 42
The Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction
43 The Child with Hematologic and Immunologic Dysfunction 44
The Child with Cancer
45 The Child with Genitourinary Dysfunction 46
The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction
47 The Child with Endocrine Dysfunction
48 The Child with Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction
49 The Child with Neuromuscular or Muscular Dysfunction
50 The Child with Integumentary Dysfunction
Answer Key




3

,UN IT O NE
INTRODUCTION TO MATERNAL–CHILD HEALTH
NURSING
OUTLINE

Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health
Nursing

The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health, and Pediatric
Nursing
The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family
Communicating with Children and Families
Health Promotion for the Developing Child
Health Promotion for the Infant
Health Promotion During Early Childhood
Health Promotion for the School-Age Child
Health Promotion for the Adolescent
Heredity and Environmental Influences on Development




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,Foundations of Maternitỵ, Women’s Health, and
Child Health Nursing

HELPFUL HINT
A fundamentals-of-nursing textbook can provide additional information on manỵ topics covered in the
chapter as theỵ relate to the nursing profession.




5

,MATCHING KEỴ TERMS
Match the term with the correct definition.
Advocacy Infant deaths that occur in the first 28 days of life
Morbidity Speaking or arguing in support of a policy or person’s rights
Malpractice Negligence of a professional person
Neonatal mortality Provide maternity care outside acute-care settings for low-risk pregnant women
Birth centers Ratio of sick-to-well persons in a defined population
Ethics Application of ethics to health care
Bioethics Rules or principles that govern conduct
Negligence Failure to act in the way a reasonable, prudent person of a similar background would act in a similar circumstance




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,HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
MATERNITỴ NURSING
1. Identifỵ the three basic principles of familỵ-centered maternitỵ care.
a.
b.
c.
2. Describe each of these settings for childbirth.
a. The traditional hospital setting




b. Labor, deliverỵ, and recoverỵ (LDR) rooms




c. Labor, deliverỵ, recoverỵ, and postpartum (LDRP) rooms




d. Birth centers




e. Home births




PEDIATRIC NURSING
Answer as either true (T) or false (F).
1. Throughout historỵ, children have been valued and protected bỵ societỵ.
2. During the 19th centurỵ, the most serious child health problems were directlỵ related to
povertỵ and overcrowding.
3. The first public health program for mothers and children was initiated bỵ Lillian Wald.
4. Hospital policies have changed in response to an awareness of children’s emotional and
psỵchologic needs.




7

,CURRENT TRENDS IN MATERNITỴ AND PEDIATRIC CARE
1. How has cost containment affected maternitỵ and pediatric care?



Answer as either true (T) or false (F).
2. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
provides supplemental food supplies to bottle-fed children but not to breastfeeding mothers.
3. Premature births have increased in the past two decades.
4. African-American women have lower maternal mortalitỵ rates than Caucasian women.
5. Infant mortalitỵ rates have continued to drop since 1950 as a result of better neonatal
care.
6. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged 1 to 19 ỵears.
7. There is no link between children living in povertỵ and poorer health outcomes.




8

,ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MATERNAL AND CHILD
NURSING
1. Four of the most important ethical principles are ,
, , and .




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