Maternal-Child Nursing - E-Book

Ideal for accelerated maternity and pediatrics courses, Maternal-Child Nursing, 4^th Edition is filled with user-friendly features to help you quickly master essential concepts and skills. It offers completely updated content that€s easy to read and understand. Plus, active learning tools give you the chance to practice applying your knowledge and make learning fun!

• Critical Thinking Exercises allow you to apply your knowledge to realistic clinical situations.
• Nursing care plans assist you with applying the nursing process to plan individualized care for the most common maternity and pediatric conditions.
• Critical to Remember boxes summarize and highlight essential, need-to-know information.
• Communication Cues provide practical tips for effective verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families.
• Clinical Reference sections in pediatric chapters present information relevant to each body system, including anatomy and physiology, differences in the pediatric patient, and related laboratory and diagnostic tests.

• Integrated electronic features match icons in the text, so you can use print and electronic resources more effectively together.
• Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you determine proper care to reinforce best practice.
• Spanish translations are included for phrases commonly encountered with maternity and pediatric patients.
• Improved design makes the text easier to read, and up-to-date photos ensure accuracy.