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Book Synopsis Study Guide for Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Study Guide for Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corresponding to chapters in the textbook, Study Guide for Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition provides in-depth study and review of important facts and concepts. Review activities help you reinforce your understanding, and critical thinking exercises help you apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios.
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - E-Book by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - E-Book written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to meet the needs of today’s students, Lowdermilk’s Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition — Revised Reprint addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focused presentation of the care of women during the childbearing years. Integrating considerations for family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, it also addresses community-based care to emphasize that nursing care takes place in many settings. Maternity Nursing focuses on childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, as well as wellness promotion and management of common women’s health problems. Critical thinking exercises present case studies of real-life situations and corresponding critical thinking questions to help you develop your analytical skills. NEW! A helpful appendix identifies text content that reflects the QSEN competencies — patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics — to assist you in developing competencies to provide safe and effective nursing care. NEW! Focus on the family recognizes the nurse’s need to integrate the family in the care of the mother and newborn and the importance of the role of the mother to the wellbeing of the family. NEW! Content updates throughout, including information on the late preterm infant and associated concerns such as feeding; guidelines on prioritization and delegation where relevant; and centering pregnancy, a new model of health care that brings women together in groups for their care. NEW! Evidence-based practice content focuses your attention on how to use current research to improve patient outcomes. NEW! Improved readability helps you learn more efficiently with shorter, more focused content discussions. NEW! 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, Community Focused chapter combines introductory material, culture, and community into one chapter to help you focus on key content and concepts. NEW! Streamlined content highlights the most essential, need-to-know information.
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - Binder Ready by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - Binder Ready written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book. With this binder-ready edition, you can personalize the text to match your unique study needs! Designed to meet the needs of today's students, Lowdermilk's Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition - Revised Reprint addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focused presentation of the care of women during the childbearing years. Integrating considerations for family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, it also addresses community-based care to emphasize that nursing care takes place in many settings. Maternity Nursing focuses on childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, as well as wellness promotion and management of common women's health problems. Critical thinking exercises present case studies of real-life situations and corresponding critical thinking questions to help you develop your analytical skills. NEW! A helpful appendix identifies text content that reflects the QSEN competencies - patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics - to assist you in developing competencies to provide safe and effective nursing care. NEW! Focus on the family recognizes the nurse's need to integrate the family in the care of the mother and newborn and the importance of the role of the mother to the wellbeing of the family. NEW! Content updates throughout, including information on the late preterm infant and associated concerns such as feeding; guidelines on prioritization and delegation where relevant; and centering pregnancy, a new model of health care that brings women together in groups for their care. NEW! Evidence-based practice content focuses your attention on how to use current research to improve patient outcomes. NEW! Improved readability helps you learn more efficiently with shorter, more focused content discussions. NEW! 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, Community Focused chapter combines introductory material, culture, and community into one chapter to help you focus on key content and concepts. NEW! Streamlined content highlights the most essential, need-to-know information.
Book Synopsis Study Guide for Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - E-Book by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Study Guide for Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - E-Book written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study Guide for Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - E-Book
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - Text and Elsevier Adaptive Learning Package by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint - Text and Elsevier Adaptive Learning Package written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-12-13 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint, 8th Edition, Elsevier Adaptive Learning combines the power of brain science with sophisticated, patented Cerego algorithms to help you learn faster and remember longer. It's fun; it's engaging; and it's constantly tracking your performance and adapting to deliver content precisely when it's needed to ensure core information is transformed into lasting knowledge. Please refer to the individual product pages for the duration of access to these products. An individual study schedule reduces cognitive workload and helps you become a more effective learner by automatically guiding the learning and review process. The mobile app offers a seamless learning experience between your smartphone and the web with your memory profile maintained and managed in the cloud. UNIQUE! Your memory strength is profiled at the course, chapter, and item level to identify personal learning and forgetting patterns. UNIQUE! Material is re-presented just before you would naturally forget it to counteract memory decay. A personalized learning pathway is established based on your learning profile, memory map, and time required to demonstrate information mastery. The comprehensive student dashboard allows you to view your personal learning progress.
Author :Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN Publisher :Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN 13 :0323241913 Total Pages :904 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (232 download)
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN
Download or read book Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to meet the needs of today's students, Lowdermilk's Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition - Revised Reprint addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focused presentation of the care of women during the childbearing years. Integrating considerations for family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, it also addresses community-based care to emphasize that nursing care takes place in many settings. Maternity Nursing focuses on childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, as well as wellness promotion and management of common women's health problems. Critical thinking exercises present case studies of real-life situations and corresponding critical thinking questions to help you develop your analytical skills. NEW! A helpful appendix identifies text content that reflects the QSEN competencies - patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics - to assist you in developing competencies to provide safe and effective nursing care. NEW! Focus on the family recognizes the nurse's need to integrate the family in the care of the mother and newborn and the importance of the role of the mother to the wellbeing of the family. NEW! Content updates throughout, including information on the late preterm infant and associated concerns such as feeding; guidelines on prioritization and delegation where relevant; and centering pregnancy, a new model of health care that brings women together in groups for their care. NEW! Evidence-based practice content focuses your attention on how to use current research to improve patient outcomes. NEW! Improved readability helps you learn more efficiently with shorter, more focused content discussions. NEW! 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, Community Focused chapter combines introductory material, culture, and community into one chapter to help you focus on key content and concepts. NEW! Streamlined content highlights the most essential, need-to-know information.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing - E-Book by : Gloria Leifer
Download or read book Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing - E-Book written by Gloria Leifer and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a solid foundation in maternity and pediatric nursing! Written in a clear, concise, friendly style, Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 8th Edition is the complete guide to caring for maternity and pediatric patients. This best-selling text is organized by developmental stages, discussions of pediatric disorders by body system from simple-to-complex and health-to-illness, and includes a focus on family health. This edition also contains newly updated NCLEX® style review questions, new case studies, new content on zika virus, QSEN and safety, and expanded phases of pregnancy. Evidence-based maternal-child content prepares you for the LVN/LPN to achieve higher levels of learning, a goal expressed by the IOM Committee on the Future of Nursing. Over 42 detailed, updated nursing skills introduce you to skills unique to maternity and pediatric care. Over 25 nursing care plans feature seven different formats/themes/styles, including unfolding case studies. The beginning concepts of critical thinking introduces you to this idea as a basis for clinical nursing care. Updated content on the influence of microbiomes on non-invasive pregnancy and newborn nursing care addresses its impact on the adult health of the newborn. Step-by-step application of the nursing process covers the hospital, home, community and use in improving global health. Expanded cultural practices as they relate to pregnancy, delivery and pediatric care in the community. Coverage of the use of expanding new technologies and computerized medication administration reinforce the nursing process and strengthen problem-solving skills as applied to maternity nursing. NEW! Discussion of new health threats include in-depth coverage of the Zika virus and Influenza NEW! Updated guidelines for hypertension and immunizations for infants and children. NEW! Updated QSEN goals and nursing responsibilities reflect the most recent changes. NEW! Expanded phases of pregnancy includes preconceptual, prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and interconceptual care and nursing responsibilities. NEW! Updated nursing responsibilities related to global health reflect the "Baby Friendly Hospital" WHO initiative and interprofessional nursing communication related to nursing "hand-off care" and shift change reports. NEW! Updated NCLEX® exam-style review questions have been revised with alternate item formats at the end of each chapter. NEW! Expanded nursing and safety tips throughout include evidence-based online resources which provide pertinent information applicable in the clinical setting that reinforces what you have just learned while building on previously learned information. NEW! Expanded coverage of bioterrorism better reflects trauma related to pregnancy and pediatric care.
Book Synopsis Maternal-Child Nursing Care by : Susan L. Ward
Download or read book Maternal-Child Nursing Care written by Susan L. Ward and published by F A Davis Company. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 1207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AJN Book of the Year 2009 The ENHANCED, REVISED, REPRINT of Maternal-Child Care Nursing is the same great book that won an AJN Book-of-the-Year Award... made even better with the feedback we received from instructors across the country and Canada. BONUS! The Women's Health Companion, packaged with every copy of the book, is a $29.00 value that's absolutely FREE when you purchase the ENHANCED, REVISED, REPRINT. It's a complete guide to the role of the nurse in promoting women's health. From class to clinical through NCLEX to practice, it presents all of the information nursing students need to know and shows them how to apply it in both traditional and community settings. There are even teaching and learning resources for this content online at DavisPlus. The perfect balance of maternal and childnursing care in a new textbook conceivedand written to be a combination textbook!An extensive review by nursing educatorsensures that it offers just the right depthand breadth of coverage for students intoday's maternity/pediatric courses.Its unique emphasis on optimizing outcomes,evidence-based practice, and researchsupports the goal of caring for women,families and children not only in traditionalhospital settings, but also wherever theylive, work, study, or play. Clear, concise,and easy to follow, the content is organizedaround four major themes, holisticcare, critical thinking, validating practice,and tools for care that help students tolearn and apply the material.
Book Synopsis Maternity and Women's Health Care - E-Book by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Maternity and Women's Health Care - E-Book written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 1003 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 maternity book in the market is getting even better. Maternity and Women's Health Care, 11th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Not only does this text emphasize childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. Boasting new medication alerts and updated content throughout, this edition covers the new maternal levels of care, and the revised AAP policy on breastfeeding and infant sleep. Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content. Clinical reasoning case studies provide you with opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and to apply knowledge in various settings. Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of patients from various cultures when providing care. Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations. Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs and concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care. Medication guides provide an important reference of drugs and their interactions. Nursing care plans include rationales for interventions and provide you with an overview of, and specific guidelines for, delivering effective nursing care. Safety alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice. Signs of potential complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide. Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to patients and families for follow-up care.
Book Synopsis Reeder’s Maternity Nursing by : AV Raman
Download or read book Reeder’s Maternity Nursing written by AV Raman and published by Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current edition is a revised edition of the 19th edition which was launched especially for Indian Nursing students. Thoroughly revised and presented in full color, the current edition would serve as a textbook in Maternity nursing to the students of B. Sc Nursing, post-basic B.Sc. Nursing and Diploma in nursing. This book is equally useful to the students of M.Sc Nursing and to those who are preparing to go abroad to work as nurse practitioners.
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing - E-Book by : Gloria Leifer
Download or read book Maternity Nursing - E-Book written by Gloria Leifer and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prenatal through postpartum care, Gloria Leifer's Maternity Nursing: An Introductory Text provides an essential foundation for promoting the health and wellness of mothers and newborns. This edition includes the latest advances and practice standards in maternity nursing care, highlighting Healthy People 2020 and the 2011 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this text addresses the knowledge, skills, and scope of practice appropriate for LPN/LVN and LPN/LVN-to-ADN ladder programs. Chronological organization of content follows a sequence from family issues, fetal development, pregnancy, labor, birth, and care of the newborn, to postpartum issues with special social, familial, and cultural considerations. Organization of concepts in each chapter by simple to complex and from health to illness makes it easier to locate and understand the material. Complete, concise coverage includes a table of physiologic and psychosocial changes throughout the pregnancy, unique content on CPR for the pregnant patient and infectious diseases acquired during pregnancy, a pictorial story of a vaginal birth, cultural considerations of pregnancy and maternal care, and nursing responses to loss, death, and grief. UNIQUE! A FREE Study Guide in the back of the book reinforces understanding with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, scenario-based clinical situation questions, and online activities. Nursing Care Plans with critical thinking questions help in understanding how a care plan is developed, how to evaluate care of a patient, and how to apply your knowledge to clinical scenarios. Health Promotion boxes and content focus on family-centered care, health promotion, illness prevention, and women's health issues. Clinical Pathways use an interdisciplinary, collaborative-care approach in tracking interventions along a timeline from assessment to discharge and follow up. Online resources for further research and study are included at the end of each chapter. UNIQUE! LPN Threads make learning easier, featuring a 10th-grade reading level, key terms with phonetic pronunciations and text page references, chapter objectives, special features boxes, and full-color art, photographs, and design.
Book Synopsis Study Guide for Maternal Child Nursing Care - Revised Reprint by : Karen A. Piotrowski
Download or read book Study Guide for Maternal Child Nursing Care - Revised Reprint written by Karen A. Piotrowski and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master content from the textbook with this helpful study tool! Designed to accompany Perry's Maternal Child Nursing Care, 4th Edition, this workbook will assist students in understanding and applying material from each chapter in the text.
Book Synopsis Maternity and Women's Health Care - Binder Ready by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Maternity and Women's Health Care - Binder Ready written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book. With this binder-ready edition, you can personalize the text to match your unique study needs! Stay up-to-date with the latest in women's health! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 12th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. The new edition is thoroughly updated and consistent with the NCLEX® test plan, focusing on prioritization of care and how best to work among interprofessional teams. As in previous editions, this text emphasizes childbearing concerns like newborn care, wellness promotion and the management of women's health problems. The 12th edition integrates the continuum of care throughout, focusing on the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care along with new medication alerts, future trends in contraception, human trafficking, the zika virus, and more! Content on many high-risk conditions has been updated to reflect newly published guidelines. Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content. Clinical Reasoning case studies provide you with opportunities to critically analyze a client situation and utilize clinical reasoning skills to identify priorities in care. Community Activity boxes?focus on maternal and new born activities that can be pursued in local community settings and online and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings including assisting clients locating resources. Cultural Considerations?stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of clients and their families from various cultures when providing care. Emergency boxes?provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations. Medication Guides?provide key information about commonly used medications with specific nursing implications. Nursing Care Plans?identify priority client problems and concerns along with appropriate interventions and rationales. Highlighted Safety alerts integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice. Signs of potential complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide. Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that you need to communicate to patients and families for follow-up care. Medication Alerts?highlighted and integrated within the content alert you to critical drug information that must be considered to provide safe client care. NEW! Enhanced focus on prioritization of care in clinical reasoning case studies and nursing care plans is consistent with NCLEX® updates. NEW! Recognition of the importance of interprofessional care covers the roles of the various members of the interprofessional healthcare team. UPDATED! Content on many high-risk conditions updated to reflect newly published guidelines. NEW! Information about the Zika virus gives you the most current practice guidelines to help you provide quality care. NEW! Coverage of future trends in contraception help increase your awareness of developing ideas in pregnancy prevention. Content on gestational diabetes and breast cancer screening cover newly published guidelines. NEW! Added content on human trafficking provides you with examples and ideas on how to counsel victims and their families.
Book Synopsis Study Guide for Maternity & Women's Health Care - E-Book by : Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Download or read book Study Guide for Maternity & Women's Health Care - E-Book written by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corresponding to the chapters in the 11th edition of Lowdermilk's market-leading Maternity & Women's Health Care, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wide range of activities to help you understand key nursing concepts and apply your knowledge. It includes critical thinking exercises, multiple-choice and matching questions, and more; answers are included in the back of the book. Chapter review activities assess the user’s understanding of the content with fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions. Critical thinking case studies require the user to apply the concepts found in the text chapters to solve problems, make decisions concerning care management, and provide responses to patient questions and concerns. Answer key contains answers to all questions and is located at the end of the book. Perforated pages allow instructors to utilize the Study Guide activities for assignments to be graded.
Author :Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C Publisher :Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN 13 :1437727751 Total Pages :1599 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (377 download)
Book Synopsis Maternal-Child Nursing by : Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C
Download or read book Maternal-Child Nursing written by Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 1599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for accelerated maternity and pediatrics courses, Maternal-Child Nursing, 4th Edition is filled with user-friendly features to help you quickly master essential concepts and skills. It offers completely updated content that's easy to read and understand. Plus, active learning tools give you the chance to practice applying your knowledge and make learning fun! Critical Thinking Exercises allow you to apply your knowledge to realistic clinical situations. Nursing care plans assist you with applying the nursing process to plan individualized care for the most common maternity and pediatric conditions. Critical to Remember boxes summarize and highlight essential, need-to-know information. Communication Cues provide practical tips for effective verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families. Clinical Reference sections in pediatric chapters present information relevant to each body system, including anatomy and physiology, differences in the pediatric patient, and related laboratory and diagnostic tests. Integrated electronic features match icons in the text, so you can use print and electronic resources more effectively together. Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you determine proper care to reinforce best practice. Spanish translations are included for phrases commonly encountered with maternity and pediatric patients. Improved design makes the text easier to read, and up-to-date photos ensure accuracy.
Book Synopsis Maternal-Newborn Nursing by : MaryAnn Hogan
Download or read book Maternal-Newborn Nursing written by MaryAnn Hogan and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: MATERNAL-NEWBORN NURSING WITH NURSING REVIEWS & RATIONALES, 3/e provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today's “need to know” knowledge for effective maternal and newborn nursing. Developed and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, it is fully reflective of the current (2010) NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. The text thoroughly covers family-centered care during normal and complicated experiences in the prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartal, and neonatal periods. Additional chapters focus on ethical, legal, and cultural considerations; reproduction, fertility, and infertility; family planning and contraception; fetal development; laboratory and diagnostic testing; and issues of loss and grief in maternity nursing. This text's complete support package includes access to additional questions and the complete eText online, and a tear-out NursingNotes card for clinical reference and quick review. Hundreds of practice questions in the book and online at www.nursingreviewsandrationales.com help students measure their readiness for the NCLEX-RN®. In addition, you can access an eText version of this book on this website.
Book Synopsis Maternity Nursing by : Arlene Burroughs
Download or read book Maternity Nursing written by Arlene Burroughs and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2001 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new eighth edition of the classic maternity nursing textbook for nursing students is fully revised, updated and revamped for nursing today, reflecting the rapidly changing world of health care. A timely new chapter on complementary and alternative therapies discusses the relationships among the physiology of pregnancy, medications and homeopathy Includes Chapter Openers with concise Chapter Outlines that guide students through the content and Learning Objectives to help them focus their studying. Includes striking new photographs that bring to life the many current themes and new and improved products and equipment in maternity nursing Includes Clinical Pathways where appropriate to reflect collaborative care. Expands content in the Womens Health Issues Includes striking new photographs that bring to life the many current themes and new and improved products and equipment in maternity nursing. Contains anew chapter on Complementary and Alternative Therapies that explores the wide range of nontraditional therapies that offer pain relief during labor and childbirth, a decrease in nausea during pregnancy, and coping strategies for stress. Provides a free built-in Selfworkbook at the back of the book that includes Clinical Situations, Internet Activities, and multiplequestions with answers in the Instructors Manual. Includes Clinical Pathways where appropriate to reflect collaborative care. Expands content in the Womens Health Issues chapter with more information on major gynecological concerns, sexually transmitted diseases, and violence/rape trauma. Incorporates Fast Focus boxes throughout the text, providing contentpieces that highlight important information. Contains Critical Thinking Activities which encourage the student to assimilate and synthesize information, then to apply it using critical thinking skills. Includes many new tables as well as reorganized and streamlined content to make accessing important information easier, more efficient, and user friendly. Adds a second color to highlight and accentuate many illustrations and important information. Contains updated bibliographies, including the new Healthy People 2010 objectives.
