Maternal-infant Nursing Care

Maternal-infant Nursing Care
ISBN-10
0815125178
ISBN-13
9780815125174
Category
Medical
Pages
906
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Mosby Incorporated
Authors
Elizabeth J. Dickason, Bonnie Lang Silverman, Judith Kaplan

Description

Hundreds of full-color illustrations highlight the most current, essential information on normal and high-risk maternity nursing. This new third edition has been completely updated with expanded coverage of maternal/newborn home care, reality-based nursing planning/intervention and family involvement in nursing care. Features thorough discussions of complications, unique Warning Signs to alert you to potential problems, and cultural considerations. A new chapter on the socially high-risk client keeps you up to date on timely issues such as homelessness, AIDS and abuse. Teaching Plans for Home Care boxes and expanded content on home care for the mother and newborn stresses understanding the role of home care in the overall nursing care. Care Maps and Decision Trees are examples of clinical, collaborative tools to introduce students to care implementation in the clinical environment. Warning Signs boxes alert students to potential problems. Answers to Test Yourself and Clinical Decision boxes at the end of the book help students evaluate their learning and application of critical thinking skills. Research boxes highlight selected studies applying research to today's nursing practice. New Chapter on the Socially High Risk Client addresses abuse, homelessness, drugs, and AIDS to keep the student informed and up-to-date on the latest issues affecting nursing care. A reorganised Chapter 26, The Childbearing Family At Psychological Risk, addresses important care concerns such as preterm defects, death, loss, and grief. Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-360-7

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