Maternity & Women's Health Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)

Résumé du livre

• 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 critically analyze a client situation and utilize clinical reasoning skills to identify priorities in care."
• Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and new born activities that can be pursued in local community settings and online and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings including assisting clients locating resources.
• Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of clients and their families from various cultures when providing care.
• Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations.
• Medication Guides provide key information about commonly used medications with specific nursing implications.
• Nursing Care Plans identify priority client problems and concerns along with appropriate interventions and rationale.
• Highlighted Safety alerts 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 you need to communicate to patients and families for follow-up care.
• Medication Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content alert you to critical drug information that must be considered to provide safe client care.

• 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.