Maternal-Child Nursing - Binder Ready , 6th Edition

Key Features

• Nursing Care Plans help students apply the nursing process to plan individualized care in the most common maternity and pediatric situations.
• Clinical Reference sections in pediatrics chapters provide basic information on disorders and their related anatomy and physiology, differences in body systems between children and adults, commonly used drugs, lab values, diagnostic tests, and procedures.
• Clinical Judgment boxes highlight situations designed to test clinical judgment skills.
• Health Promotion boxes highlight information needed to perform a comprehensive assessment of well infants and children at various ages.
• Safety Alerts emphasize what is important to remember when providing safe and optimal quality care.
• Pathophysiology boxes present an illustrated overview of illnesses and how to manage them.
• Want to Know boxes provide teaching guidelines, including sample answers for questions that are likely to be asked or topics that need to be taught.
• Communication Cues offer practical tips for verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families.
• Glossary at the end of the book gives students quick access to all key terms and definitions.

New to this Edition

• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX^® (NGN) examination-style case studies expose students to how content will be tested in the exam; case studies are either single-situation or unfolding studies.
• NEW! Updated Drug Guides summarize the latest information on medications.

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• Study Guide for Maternal-Child Nursing, 6th Edition
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Readership

Maternity nursing students in ADN and BSN nursing programs

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C, Baylor Healthcare System, Dallas, TX; Susan R. James, PhD, MSN, RN, Professor of Nursing, Curry College, Milton, MA; Sharon Smith Murray, MSN, RN, C, Professor Emerita, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA; Kristine Nelson, RN, MN, Assistant Professor of Nursing Tarrant County College Fort Worth, Texas and Jean Ashwill, MSN, RN, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Student Services, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas