Maternal-Newborn & Child Nursing Family-Centered Care

This text offers complete preparation for meeting the needs of families across the continuum - from conception through adolescence. Using a consistent nursing process framework, Maternal-Newborn and Child Nursing provides the essential information for providing accurate, safe nursing care. Special focus is given to cultural influences, community settings, communication, nutrition, pain management, and fostering critical thinking skills essential for adapting to an ever-changing health care environment. Features include: Thinking Critically boxes that provide brief real-life scenarios. Developing Cultural Competence provides information about the potential responses of different ethnic groups to health conditions or health care interventions. As They Grow boxes illustrate the anatomic and physiologic differences in infants and children from adults. Pathophysiology Illustrated boxes illustrate the disease process. Drug Guides for selected medications commonly used in maternal-newborn and child nursing. Complementary Care presents information about commonly used alternative therapies. Growth and Development Considerations detail the different responses of children at various ages to health conditions. Comprehensive Teaching and Learning Package Student CD-ROM - Packaged FREE with each text includes an audio glossary, a step-by-step breakdown of maternity and pediatric skills, NCLEX review questions, and animations to illustrate difficult concepts. Clinical Skills Manual for Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Nursing - serves as a portable, quick-reference to step-by-step procedures for more than 85 pediatric and maternity skills using full-color photographs and rationales. Companion Website www.prenhall.com/london - Available FREE includes modules for objectives, chapter outlines, audio glossary, NCLEX review questions, critical thinking and case studies, links to other sites for student research and essay responses, additional nursing care map activities and more. Online Course Management Systems - Ask your Prentice Hall Representative or go to www.prenhall.com/demo for more information about the online course management systems that accompany this text.London, Marcia L. is the author of 'Maternal-Newborn & Child Nursing Family-Centered Care' with ISBN 9780130994066 and ISBN 0130994065.