Awarded Second Place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Maternal-Child/Prenatal Nursing/Childbirth
Focus your course on essential concepts and establish the basis for the sound nursing care of women and children with Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, Fourth Edition. The latest edition of this trusted text has been designed with your curriculum in mind, helping you maximize your class time and establish the knowledge base and critical thinking skills students need to ensure safe, effective maternity and pediatric care and guide women and children toward higher levels of wellness throughout the life cycle.
A nursing process approach provides relevant information in a concise, straightforward manner, streamlining coverage of a broad scope of maternity topics and clearly distinguishing the differences between the care of adults and children. Emphasizing commonly encountered clinical challenges in maternity and pediatric care, this practical text builds students’ ability to anticipate, identify and address problems and provide timely, evidence-based interventions to reduce long-term sequelae.
The updated Fourth Edition readies students for the realities of practice with unfolding case studies and patient stories that hone students’ clinical judgment and challenge them to apply concepts to real-world scenarios they’ll encounter throughout their nursing careers.
- UPDATED! Cultural considerations throughout the text reflect nurses’ evolving role in global healthcare and help students meet clients’ increasingly diverse needs.
- UPDATED! Evidence-based research findings familiarize students with the most current practices and interventions.
- NEW! Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight relevant implications of this U.S. government healthcare initiative on the care of women, mothers, and newborns.
- Case Studies present concepts in a real-world clinical context to strengthen students’ caregiving capabilities, and accompanying questions boost critical thinking and clinical evaluation skills.
- Nursing Procedures guide students step by step through commonly performed clinical tasks.
- Words of Wisdom give students practical, timely insight from experienced professionals on the nursing care of women and newborns.
- Teaching Guidelines instill confidence to educate clients about various issues in women’s healthcare.
- Drug Guides provide fast access to actions, indications, and significant nursing implications for commonly used medications.
- Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Test tables improve students’ diagnostic knowledge for a broad range of disorders.
- Nursing Care Plans demonstrate each step of the nursing process and outline a guide for delivering care.
- Comparison Charts clarify easily confused concepts.
- Concepts in Action animations, available on thePoint, bring physiologic and pathophysiologic concepts to life to reinforce students’ understanding.
- Consider This! features engage students in commonly encountered real-life scenarios to enhance their critical thinking and clinical reasoning.
- Take Note! features alert students to potentially critical implications in Chapter content, such as life-threatening scenarios.
- Learning Objectives help students prioritize information as they learn.
- Key Terms clarify important terminology that may be new to students.
- Key Concepts reinforce essential points from each Chapter at a glance.
- Tables, boxes, and illustrations summarize and reinforce for fast reference.
- References and websites point students to resources for deeper review and remediation.
- Chapter worksheets test students’ understanding of Chapter content and highlight areas for further review.