Maternity Nursing (Book with CD-ROM) - Hardcover

Lowdermilk RNC PhD FAAN, Deitra Leonard; Perry RN PhD FAAN, Shannon E.

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9780323016438: Maternity Nursing (Book with CD-ROM)

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ISBN 10: 032301643X ISBN 13: 9780323016438

Publisher: Mosby, 2002

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Revised and updated, this new 6th edition is the all-in-one source for practical, reliable information on nursing care during the childbearing years. Designed to meet the needs of today's students, it addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a clear, more readable writing style and a concise, more focused content presentation. Integrating the importance of understanding family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, it also includes a strategic integration of community-based care to emphasize that care can take place wherever the woman may be.

� Care management emphasized throughout.
� Women's health content is up front to provide a thorough understanding of health promotion and prevention, common health concerns and care of women throughout childbearing years.
� Home Care content is integrated in all normal and high risk nursing care chapters.
� Family content is first introduced in Chapter 2 and then incorporated in the pregnancy, labor & birth, postpartum, and newborn chapters to emphasize the importance of including the family in the continuum of care.
� Culture content introduced in Chapter 2 and then integrated throughout.
� Health promotion and prevention integrated to maintain a focus on wellness as an integral part of today's maternity nursing care.
� Patient Instructions for Self-Care boxes integrated throughout provides special instructions for follow-up care.
� Care of the childbearing adolescent integrated throughout providing important age related considerations.
� Nurse Alert boxes highlight
� English/Spanish Guidelines boxes provide the student with a handy reference for communicating with and teaching patients & families.
� Emergency Boxes alert the student to signs & symptoms of important situations.
� Free Companion CD with interactive case studies, matching and fill-in-the-blank questions, review questions, and a vocabulary review with sound pronunciations.

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Book Description:

The fundamentals of maternity nursing

About the Author:

Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; and Shannon E Perry, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, San Jose, CA

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