Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

The eighth edition of Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care, using easy-to-understand language and evidence-based guidelines. It emphasizes the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision-making, with questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® to help prepare for the exam.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 914 pages
Publication date: 13 January 2023
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

The eighth edition of Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, published by Wolters Kluwer Health, is a comprehensive guide designed to equip nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide safe and effective care to women and newborns. This text seamlessly integrates essential maternity information into the broader continuum of nursing care, demonstrating how nurses can deliver high-quality care in clinical settings. Written in easy-to-understand language, the updated text employs evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions to assist nurses in quickly mastering key skills and techniques.

Moreover, significant emphasis is placed on understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision-making. The text includes comprehensive questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® exam, designed to help nurses prepare for the licensing examination. Contributing content from renowned experts in the field of maternal and women's health, this text offers valuable insights and expertise.

Unfolding case studies provide practical applications of the knowledge gained, allowing nurses to apply their skills in real-world scenarios. Safety checks integrated into the content help nurses develop competencies related to safe nursing practice. Chapter summaries appear at the end of each chapter, providing a quick review of core content on the go. Patient teaching boxes offer teaching guidelines, including communication guides, directed at patients and families.

Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information. Application of Nursing Process sections assist nurses in applying the nursing process to clinical situations. Updated drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications. Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills, accompanied by rationales for each step.

A unique feature of this text is the Therapeutic Communications boxes, which present realistic nurse-patient dialogues. These boxes identify communication techniques and demonstrate ways to respond when encountering communication barriers. By incorporating these features, Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition, equips nurses with the tools they need to deliver exceptional care to women and newborns. Whether you are a new nurse or a seasoned professional seeking to enhance your expertise in maternal and women's health nursing, this text is an invaluable resource.

Weight: 1852g
Dimension: 218 x 278 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323827386
Edition number: 8 ed