Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk

Shannon E. Perry

Kathryn Rhodes Alden

Ellen Olshansky

Kitty Cashion

- 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.

Maternity and Women's Health Care E-Book

This market-leading textbook provides just the "right amount" of maternity and pediatric content in an easy-to-understand manner. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book includes 28 chapters on maternity nursing and the second part contains 27 chapters covering pediatric nursing. Numerous illustrations, photos, boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information. And because it's written by market-leading experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, you can be sure you're getting the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX(R) examination. UNIQUE! Nursing Alerts point out critical information to consider when caring for patients. UNIQUE! Guidelines boxes outline instructions for skills or procedures in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. UNIQUE! Emergency boxes offer quick reference to emergency procedures for critical maternity and pediatric emergencies. UNIQUE! Home Care boxes offer helpful guidelines for delivering effective care in the home environment. UNIQUE! Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric section illustrate how to provide competent nursing care without creating undue physical or psychological stress for pediatric patients, families, and nurses. UNIQUE! Community Focus boxes examine community issues and provide resources and guidance on caring for families outside the clinical setting. UNIQUE! Cultural Awareness boxes address culturally competent care for patients with a variety of customs and beliefs. UNIQUE! Family-Centered Care boxes discuss the family's role and needs in caring for the patient. UNIQUE! Nursing Process boxes offer quick access to nursing process information for major diseases and conditions. Critical Thinking Exercises provide case scenarios to promote sound clinical decision making. Nursing Care Plans include rationales for interventions and provide specific guidelines for delivering effective nursing care. Patient Teaching boxes highlight important information for communicating continuing care instructions to patients and families. New and consolidated content on pain assessment and management focuses on this key aspect of pediatric nursing. Updated content on evidence-based practice illustrates how current research can be used to improve patient outcomes. The latest information in the field is included throughout, including expanded coverage of the late preterm infant and fetal heart rate pattern identification.

Maternal Child Nursing Care

David Wilson

Lisa Keenan-Lindsay

Marilyn J. Hockenberry

Constance L. O'Connor

Cheryl A Sams

The new Study Guide for Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada is designed to help you review and master content from the core text and learn how to think critically in applying your knowledge. Chapters parallel those in the text and provide review, critical thinking applications, engaging activities, and more, with an answer key at the back of the book. This comprehensive study guide also contains case studies to help you integrate information and develop the critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgement skills required to pass your licensure examination and excel in clinical practice. Thinking Critically case-based activities require students to apply the concepts found in the chapters to solve problems, make clinical judgement decisions concerning care management, and provide responses to patient questions and concerns. Reviewing Key Concepts questions in various formats give students ample opportunities to assess their knowledge and comprehension of information covered in the text. Matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short-answer, and multiple-choice activities help students identify the core content of each chapter and test their understanding. Learning Key Terms matching and fill-in-the-blank questions let students test their ability to define all key terms highlighted in the corresponding textbook chapter. Perforated pages allow you to use activities for graded assignments. Answer key at the end of the book includes answers to all questions.

Study Guide for Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada,E-Book

Cheryl Sams

Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada combines essential maternity and pediatric nursing information in one text. Comprehensive coverage includes promotion of wellness and the care for persons experiencing common health concerns throughout the lifespan, care in childbearing, as well as the health care of children and child development in the context of the family. Health concerns, including physiological dysfunctions and special needs and illnesses, are also featured. This text provides a family-centred care approach that recognizes the importance of collaboration with families when providing care. Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management. Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice. Research Focus boxes identify best practices by presenting evidence and how to apply the knowledge learned. Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress. Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. Clinical reasoning case studies offer you opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings. Cultural Awareness boxes explore beliefs and practices about pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, women's health concerns, and caring for sick children. Evidence-Informed Practice boxes highlight findings that confirm effective practices or that identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects. Emergency boxes alert you to emergency situations and guide you step-by-step through emergency procedures. Family-Centred Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider in providing family-centred care. Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format. Home Care boxes detail important information that you need to deliver care to patients and families in the home setting. Medication Guide boxes include key information about medications used in maternity and newborn care, including their indications, adverse effects, and nursing considerations. Patient Teaching boxes assist you in helping patients and families become involved in their own care with optimal outcomes.

Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada - E-Book

Mary Catherine Cashion

Master the essentials of maternity and pediatric nursing with this comprehensive, all-in-one text! Maternal Child Nursing Care, 7th Edition covers the issues and concerns of women during their childbearing years and children during their developing years. It uses a family-centered, problem-solving approach to patient care, with guidelines supported by evidence-based practice. New to this edition is an emphasis on clinical judgment skills and a new chapter on children with integumentary dysfunction. Written by a team of experts led by Shannon E. Perry and Marilyn J. Hockenberry, this book provides the accurate information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® examination. Focus on the family throughout the text emphasizes the influence of the entire family in health and illness. Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content. Information on victims of sexual abuse as parents and human trafficking helps you prepare to handle these delicate issues. Nursing Alerts highlight critical information that could lead to deteriorating or emergency situations. Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format. Evidence-Based Practice boxes include findings from recent clinical studies. Emergency Treatment boxes describe the signs and symptoms of emergency situations and provide step-by-step interventions. Atraumatic Care boxes describe how to manage pain and provide competent care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress. Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, provide resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. Patient Teaching boxes highlight important information nurses need to communicate to patients and families. Cultural Considerations boxes describe beliefs and practices relating to pregnancy, labor and birth, parenting, and women’s health. Family-Centered Care boxes draw attention to the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.

Maternal Child Nursing Care - E-Book

With comprehensive coverage of maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing, Maternity & Women's Health Care, 10th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. It's the #1 maternity book in the market -- and now respected authors Dr. Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Dr, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion, and Kathryn R. Alden have improved readability and provided a more focused approach! Not only does this text emphasize childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, it addresses wellness promotion and management of common women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New to this edition is the most current information on care of the late preterm infant and the 2008 updated fetal monitoring standards from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. A logical organization builds understanding by presenting wellness content first, then complications. Critical Reasoning exercises offer real-life situations in which you can develop analytical skills and apply their knowledge. Teaching for Self-Management boxes offer a guide to communicating follow-up care to patients and their families. Signs of Potential Complications boxes help you recognize the signs and symptoms of complications and provide immediate interventions. Procedure boxes offer easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for maternity skills and procedures. Emergency boxes may be used for quick reference in critical situations. Medication Guide boxes provide an important reference for common drugs and their interactions. Cultural Considerations boxes stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of patients from various cultures when providing care. Family content emphasizes the importance of including family in the continuum of care. Nursing Care Plans include specific guidelines and rationales for interventions for delivering effective nursing care. Community Activity exercises introduce activities and nursing care in a variety of local settings. Student resources on the companion Evolve website include assessment and childbirth videos, animations, case studies, critical thinking exercises with answers, nursing skills, anatomy reviews, a care plan constructor, review questions, an audio glossary, and more.

Maternity and Women's Health Care - E-Book

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.

Cuidados en enfermería materno-infantil

Cheryl A. Sams

Featuring the most accurate, current, and clinically relevant information available, Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada, 2nd Edition, combines essential maternity and pediatric nursing information in one text. The promotion of wellness and the care for women experiencing common health concerns throughout the lifespan, care in childbearing, as well as the health care of children and child development in the context of the family. Health problems including physiological dysfunctions and children with special needs and illnesses are also featured. This text provides a family-centred care approach that recognizes the importance of collaboration with families when providing care. Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress. Nursing Alerts point students to critical information that must be considered in providing care. Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. Critical thinking case studies offer opportunities to test and develop analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings. Emergency boxes guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures. Family-Centred Teaching boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centred care. NEW! Content updates throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as perinatal standards, mental health issues during pregnancy, developmental and neurological issues in pediatrics, new guidelines including SOGC, and CAPWHN, NEW! Increased coverage on health care in the LGBTQ community and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit population NEW! Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management. NEW! Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.

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