Jacqueline Carroll: Maternal-Child Nursing, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Build your nursing skills and make a meaningful difference in the lives of women and children! Maternal-Child Nursing, 7th Edition, makes it easy to understand the essentials of women's health, maternity, and children's nursing care. Content simplifies the practice of developing clinical judgment skills and providing safe, effective care in evidence-based practice. This edition adds new information on maternal mortality, human trafficking, and other topics. Best of all, active learning tools and features make it fun to master nursing concepts, offering plenty of opportunities to apply your knowledge to the practice setting.

• Content simplifies the practice of developing clinical judgment skillsto provide safe, effective care in evidence-based practice.
• 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 and case studies highlight situations designed to test clinical judgment skills and help you prepare for the NCLEX^®^ exam
• Health Promotion boxes describe how 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 patient-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 provides quick access to all key terms and definitions

• NEW! Expanded information is included on topics including maternal mortality, human trafficking, open communication, and discharge instructions
• NEW! More than 100 updated photos and illustrations have been added to this edition
• NEW! Updated Burnssection is revised to reflect the latest information