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1. Application of medical/surgical principles to the maternal/child in the following settings:
a) Hospital
b) Ambulatory/community-based
2. Maternal/Newborn:
a. Prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn assessments
b. Sterile technique for "setting-up" for delivery and Caesarean sections (C-section)
c. Administration of vitamin K and erythromycin for infants
d. Sitz baths, special peri-care, cord care, circumcision care, and breast care
e. Special safety measures (holding of infants, clearing airways, positioning and other specifics related to developmental phases
f. Pharmacologic interventions of postpartum, post C-section, labor/delivery, newborn, and preterm patients
3. Application of growth and development concepts to clinical setting.
4. Common parenting and child-rearing concerns and issues.
5. Nursing care plans related to the maternal/child client:
a) Multi-disciplinary team-care
b) Culturally appropriate
c) Documentation: written, electronic and verbal
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1. Course syllabi. Current Edition. Available online only.
2. VN Faculty, Vocational Nursing Student Handbook, Current Edition. Available online only.
3. Elsevier Bundle that includes E-books
a. deWit, S. C., Kumagi, C.K. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice, 2nd Edition, 2012, Saunders Elsevier.
b. deWit, Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Medical-Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition, 2013, Saunders Elsevier
c. Hill & Howlett Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing, 7th Edition, 2013, Saunders, Elsevier
d. Hodgson, Nursing Drug Handbook, 2014, Saunders
e. Kee, Hayes & McCuistion, Pharmacology: A Nursing Approach, 8th Edition, 2014, Saunders Elsevier
f. Elsevier Adaptive Learning for Kee's Pharmacology, 8th Edition 2014
g. Morrison-Valfre, Foundations of Mental Health Care, 5th Edition, 2012, Saunders Elsevier
h. Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Student Online Version (User Guide and Access Code), 5th Edition, 2013, Saunders Elsevier
i. Pagana and Pagana, Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic & Laboratory & Tests, 5th Edition, 2014, Saunders Elsevier
j. Perry, Potter & Elkin, Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 6th Edition, 2014, Saunders Elsevier
k. Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PNĀ® Examination, 6th Edition, 2014, Saunders Elsevier
l. Touhy & Jett. Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging, 4th Edition, 2014, Mosby
m. Leifer, Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing, Saunders Elsevier, 7th Edition, 2014
n. Leifer, Virtual Clinical Excursions for Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition, 2007, Saunders Elsevier
o. Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Care of Infants and Children DVDs, 2007
p. Mosby's Nursing Video Skill: Maternal, Newborn and Women's Health DVDs, 2007
q. Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th Edition, 2013
r. Elsevier Adaptive Learning for Potter's Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th Edition 2014
s. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for DeWit's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 2nd Edition 2014
t. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for the NCLEX-PN Exam, 2014
u. Leifer: Study Guide for Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing, 7th Edition 2014