Foundations of Maternal-Newborn Nursing [Hardcover]

Trula Gorrie (Author), Emily Slone McKinney (Author), Sharon Smith Murray (Author), Trula Myers Gorrie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0721686524 | ISBN-13: 978-0721686523 | Edition: 2nd

The new edition of this student-friendly text features maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing. Now available in full colour, the text applies the nursing process throughout, presents clear, illustrated nursing procedures with thorough rationales, and provides abundant pedagogical aids to maintain its easy-to-read style. Features: * New to this edition: * Full colour design and illustrations. * Critical Thinking questions, complete with answers and rationales, present students with real life clinical situations and challenge them to determine what to do and why. * An expanded chapter on Home Care and Community reflects the shift in care from acute-care hospitals to home, and other community settings for the most up-to-date approach to maternal-newborn nursing. * New section on Women's Health Care. * A revised High-Risk unit presents the latest advances in the nursing care of the fetus, infant and mother. * Clinical Pathways for both normal and high-risk clinical situations. * Discusses the impact of managed care on maternal-newborn nursing. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: * Nursing Care Plans, now including critical thinking questions, are presented in a clear, concise table format, applying the nursing process to frequently encountered clinical situations. * Want-To-Know teaching boxes feature practical explanations for the questions most commonly asked by clients and family members. * Communication cues, integrated throughout, provide techniques for interpreting client and family statements and behaviour. * Numerous learning aids include: Critical to Remember boxes, learning objectives, key terms, and summaries to reinforce essential concepts, Drug Guides, complete with indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations, Procedure Guides feature well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for the skills needed in the clinical setting, Check Your Reading questions for self-assessment, and more.

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Book Description

Complete coverage of maternal-newborn nursing - clearly illustrated and explained --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Sharon Smith. Murray, MSN, RN, C; Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C; and Trula Myers Gorrie, MN, RN, C --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1069 pages
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co; 2nd edition (February 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721686524
• ISBN-13: 978-0721686523
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,947,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nursing Student Review, April 5, 2000

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This review is from: Foundations of Maternal-Newborn Nursing (Hardcover)

This is the best book we've had in my RN, BSN program so far. The content is very easy to read. The sentences are kept short and to the point. The content is repeated over and over in different places in the chapters as well as throughout the book, making it easier to remember the main points. The summaries at the end of each chapter really focus on the main points and great for last minute updating. I wish all of our books in nursing school were this good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars easy to understand-makes me glad to have in my references, October 6, 1999

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This review is from: Study Guide to Accompany Foundations of Maternal- Newborn Nursing (Paperback)

this is a great review for my nursing classes and career choic

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Study Guide!, March 16, 2009

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This review is from: Study Guide for Foundations of Maternal-Newborn Nursing (Paperback)

Other publishers should take a look at this study guide. It's very in depth, covers almost every topic discussed in the book. When I was unable to read all the material, I read the answers to the questions at the end of each chapter. It helped me focus in what really mattered. My grades improved a letter grade after using this study guide. I would consider this guide mandatory to survive the course.