Foundations of Maternal-newborn Nursing

A practical and concise text for associate degree nursing students. It presents the information needed for proficiency in maternal-newborn nursing. Topics covered include: nursing trends, new advances, and current procedures in the nursing care of the foetus, mother and infant.

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The new edition of this student-friendly text features maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing. Now available in full colour, the text applies the nursing process throughout, presents clear, illustrated nursing procedures with thorough rationales, and provides abundant pedagogical aids to maintain its easy-to-read style. Features: * New to this edition: * Full colour design and illustrations. * Critical Thinking questions, complete with answers and rationales, present students with real life clinical situations and challenge them to determine what to do and why. * An expanded chapter on Home Care and Community reflects the shift in care from acute-care hospitals to home, and other community settings for the most up-to-date approach to maternal-newborn nursing. * New section on Women's Health Care. * A revised High-Risk unit presents the latest advances in the nursing care of the fetus, infant and mother. * Clinical Pathways for both normal and high-risk clinical situations. * Discusses the impact of managed care on maternal-newborn nursing.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES: * Nursing Care Plans, now including critical thinking questions, are presented in a clear, concise table format, applying the nursing process to frequently encountered clinical situations. * Want-To-Know teaching boxes feature practical explanations for the questions most commonly asked by clients and family members. * Communication cues, integrated throughout, provide techniques for interpreting client and family statements and behaviour. * Numerous learning aids include: Critical to Remember boxes, learning objectives, key terms, and summaries to reinforce essential concepts, Drug Guides, complete with indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations, Procedure Guides feature well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for the skills needed in the clinical setting, Check Your Reading questions for self-assessment, and more.