Maternity Newborn And Womens Health Nursing

Maternity, Newborn, and Women’s Health Nursing: A Case-Based Approach, 2nd Edition presents realistic, patient-centered, case-based narratives that captivate students while instilling essential critical thinking skills and clinical judgment capabilities. 13 in-depth, unfolding case studies threaded throughout the text enrich students’ understanding of key concepts and align with the latest NCLEX® testing plan to prepare students for the challenges ahead in class, on their exams, and beyond. This updated 2nd Edition is enhanced with inclusive, bias-free language, robust essential nursing competency learning features, and the most current perspectives on care to help students ensure positive outcomes for an increasingly diverse patient population.

Prepare your students for effective nursing practice in Canadian healthcare settings with Canadian Maternity, Newborn, & Women's Health Nursing, 2e. Offering up-to-date research and content, this practical book covers all stages of maternity nursing from preconception to postpartum, as well as women's health issues throughout the lifespan, including health promotion, nutrition, medical issues, psychosocial issues, sexuality, family, fertility, menopause, and aging. Focusing on evidence-based practice and clinical application, the text helps students prepare for effective maternity and women's health nursing in today's multifaceted health care environment. Updated for currency and accuracy and filled with new art and photographs, the Second Edition includes even more content specific to Canadian nursing, adds more depth and critical thinking elements to each chapter's progressive case studies, and provides an expanded array of online resources, including assignments, activities, and case studies that help students understand and safely practice maternity nursing in the Canadian health care system. Instructor Resources: PowerPoint presentations assist in integrating the textbook with your students' classroom experience, via either handouts or slide shows. A revised Test Bank with five new questions per chapter speeds test preparation. Learning Objectives for each chapter provide a valuable checklist for assessing student mastery of key content. Answers to Questions in the Book are provided for your convenience, as well as in an appendix in the book. Strategies for Effective Teaching provide tips for teaching the course. Blackboard-ready materials work effectively with your class management system. Assignments (and suggested answers) including group, written, clinical, and Web assignments, provides you with a wealth of assignment material to choose from. A complete image bank enhances lecture and exam preparation. Journal Articles offer access to research available in LWW journals. Case Studies with questions (via interactive module) can be assigned to give students practice applying concepts to real world situations. Maternity Video Clips bring concepts to life. Reference links for every chapter facilitate further exploration of key research. A complete eBook of the text offers anytime, anywhere search capability. Student Resources: Watch & View Video Clips reinforce skills from the textbook and appeal to visual and auditory learners. Learning Objectives for every chapter help students gauge their mastery of key content. Monographs of Commonly Prescribed Drugs provide vital, up-to-date information. Journal Articles offer access to current research available in LWW journals.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains Student Resource CD-ROM.

This new book will be a core text for undergraduate Maternity/Newborn courses. It also will work for courses emphasizing Women's Health across the lifespan. Coverage includes core content on preconception, pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. In addition, the text focuses on important topics throughout a woman's life: health promotion, nutrition, medical issues, psychosocial issues, sexuality, family, fertility control and issues, menopause, and aging. While other texts touch on the different stages of a woman's lifespan, this book provides more detail and information in areas outside the average maternity text.

With easy-to-read coverage of nursing care for women and newborns, Foundations of Maternal-Newborn & Women's Health Nursing, 6th Edition shows how to provide safe, competent care in the clinical setting. Evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, client teaching, and clinical decision making. Written by specialists in maternity nursing, Sharon Smith Murray and Emily Slone McKinney, this text reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare you for the NCLEX® exam! Nursing Care Plans help you apply the nursing process to clinical situations. Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills, with rationales for each step. UNIQUE! Therapeutic Communications boxes present realistic nurse-patient dialogues, identifying communication techniques and showing to respond when encountering communication blocks. Communication Cues offer tips for interpreting patients' and families' verbal and nonverbal communication. Critical Thinking exercises focus on clinical situations designed to test your skills in prioritizing and critical thinking. Updated drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications. Check Your Reading helps you assess your mastery of key content. Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information. Want to Know boxes provide guidelines for successful client education. Glossary provides definitions of all key terms. NEW! Safety Alerts help you develop competencies related to QSEN and safe nursing practice. NEW! Unfolding case studies help you apply what you've learned to practice. UPDATED Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight the latest research and the most current QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) practice guidelines for quality care. UPDATED content includes the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, and the QSEN competencies.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains video clips.

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! Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making. This edition reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare students for the NCLEX(R) exam! Unfolding case studies help you apply what you've learned to practice. Safety checks integrated into the content help you develop competencies related to safe nursing practice. Critical Thinking exercises focus on clinical situations designed to test your skills in prioritizing and critical thinking. UPDATED Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight the latest research and the most current QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) practice guidelines for quality care. Chapter summaries appear at the end of each chapter and help you review core content in each chapter while on the go. Patient teaching boxes provide teaching guidelines, including communication guides, directed at patients and families. Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information. Nursing Care Plans help you apply the nursing process to clinical situations. UPDATED Drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications. Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills, with rationales for each step. UNIQUE! Therapeutic Communications boxes present realistic nurse-patient dialogues, identifying communication techniques and showing to respond when encountering communication blocks. Knowledge check helps you assess your mastery of key content. Glossary provides definitions of all key terms. NEW! Reorganized content integrates complications into standard family care, includes new sections on obesity, and recommendations for infant safe sleep environment and reductions of SIDS risk. NEW! Contributing content from known experts in the field of Maternal and Women's health include a former AWHONN president.

A better way to learn maternal and newborn nursing! This unique presentation provides tightly focused maternal-newborn coverage in a highly structured text