Maternal Child Nursing Care - E-Book

Maternal Child Nursing Care - E-Book

<p>Written by the foremost experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, <b>Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5th Edition</b> offers the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX<SUP>®</SUP> examination. This new edition offers numerous content updates throughout the text to keep you up-to-date on the latest topics and best practices. Plus hundreds of illustrations, alert boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information.</p><ul><b><i><li>Atraumatic Care</i> boxes </b>in the pediatric unit<b> </b>teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress.</li><li><b><i>Community Focus</i> boxes </b>emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.</li><li><b>Critical thinking case studies </b>offer opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.</li><li><b><i>Emergency</i> boxes </b>in the maternity unit guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures.</li><li><b>Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks </b>combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content.</li><li><b><i>Family-Centered Care</i> boxes </b>highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.</li></ul><ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul><b></ul></ul></ul></ul><li>NEW! Content updates</b> throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, shaken baby syndrome/traumatic brain injury, <i>Healthy People 2020</i>, car restraints, immunizations, and childhood obesity.</li><li><b>NEW! Updated <i>Evidence-Based Practice </i>boxes </b>including <b>QSEN</b> KSAs (knowledge, skills, attitudes)<b> </b>provide the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.</li><li><b>NEW! Medication Alerts </b>stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.</li><li><b>NEW! Safety Alerts </b>highlighted and integrated within the content<b> </b>draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.</li></ul>