Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5e 5th Edition by Perry RN PhD FAAN, Shannon E., Hockenberry PhD RN PNP-BC (2013) Hardcover (Wong, Maternal Child Nursing Care) - Hardcover

Perry RN PhD FAAN, Shannon E.; Hockenberry PhD RN PPCNP-BC FAAN, Marilyn J.; Lowdermilk RNC PhD FAAN, Deitra Leonard; Wilson MS RN C (NIC), David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323096107 ISBN 13: 9780323096102

Publisher: Mosby, 2013

Synopsis

Written by the foremost experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5th Edition offers the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX® examination. This new edition offers numerous content updates throughout the text to keep you up-to-date on the latest topics and best practices. Plus hundreds of illustrations, alert boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information.

• Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress.
• Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.
• Critical thinking case studies offer opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.
• Emergency boxes in the maternity unit guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures.
• Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content.
• Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.

• NEW! Content updates throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, shaken baby syndrome/traumatic brain injury, Healthy People 2020, car restraints, immunizations, and childhood obesity.
• NEW! Updated Evidence-Based Practice boxes including QSEN KSAs (knowledge, skills, attitudes) provide the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.
• NEW! Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.
• NEW! Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Anaxos Inc. Founded in 1999 by Drew and Cynthia Johnson, Anaxos is a leading provider of content for print and electronic media.

David Wilson earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Columbia University, and works as a medical doctor. He taught chemistry at the University level for five years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0323096107
• ISBN 13: 9780323096102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1728