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Maternal-Child Nursing Care: Optimizing Outcomes for Mothers, Children, and Families

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...for putting out a textbook like this. The editing is horrendous and at some points affects the content due to incorrect grammar, sentence structure, etc. Makes me wonder about the accuracy of the book as well.

Also - totally agree with another reviewer about the text's comments on individualism and it's "dark side" - what a bunch of mindless nonsense. Evidently the author feels the book is not just a nursing text but a bully pulpit as well.

This text is somewhat repeative in context. It seems to repeat the same information several times in different ways to an almost confusing point. At other times, there are values that are not consistent. This is something that happens often, but still should have consistency throughout the same book. I was disappointed in this aspect. Charts and graphics are difficult and the explainations do not always line up with the pictures. Not a big fan of this reading.

I am sorry but this book was poorly organized with quite the number of grammatical errors, content errors, and contradicting information. Halfway through my ob/pedes class I completely rejected the book and started to use other books as resources, how ironic that my grades got better thereafter.

I have found a lot of typos in this book. It is very general, so far I have had to purchase three other books to supplement this one.

This book is full of errors and the authors express their opinions on several topics rather than maintaining a professional neutrality.
The biggest error I have found to date is very serious. If a student (or nurse) were to give their patient the amount of fentanyl that is listed on the table on page 414, they are going to kill her since it is 1000 time more than the typical dose for humans.
One particular paragraph early in the text talks about individualism and claims that individualistic thinking leads to "choosing or creating your own reality." This is absolute b***s***. The rational individual does not ignore their fellow human beings and does not create a fantasy to live in! The rational individual recognizes that taking care of oneself first is required in order to delivery quality care to others, but this does not mean the individual ignores others. Blaming the victim is endemic in all levels of society and from all manners of philosophies, this is a problem with society, not individuals. Individualism also does not prohibit or preclude compassion and empathy for others. As you can see, this particular bit of drivel really got my dander up.
The text is repetitive, poorly edited, duplication of sentences on the same page occurs, the index is incomplete - you can't find some common terms in the index and you know they are in the text because you read them, it is not heavy on nursing implications - which is the stuff the NCLEX is made of, it focuses on anatomy, physiology and the changes that occur during development or pregnancy, it really likes to promote acronyms as study guides (some people like this, others don't work well with this type of tool).
More errors include the misuse of terms ("ethnic" and "cultural" is not interchangeable, and culture would not have an impact on bilirubin levels!)...I am sure I will find more.
Recommendation, research for another more accurate well-researched text. If you are a student and have no choice, I suggest supplemental reading from other sources and double check ALL medication doses that are listed in this text!

This text was poorly written, the context was muddy, and it was very difficult to get through. There was quite a bit of conflicting information, and the authors used any chance they got to inject their personal views into the subject matter. If your nursing school requires this book, I feel sorry for you. If you are considering adding this book to a curriculum, DON'T.

I definitely got a good deal by purchasing this book. Many of my friends in the same class paid two times what I did.

Book was of great quality and fit the description very well. It also arrived in a very timely manner. I was very satisfied with my purchase and would deffinately buy from this person again.

I was required to get this book for my OB and Peds class in nursing school. I thought it was an easy read. The book itself isn't very thick, compared to the required textbook (Maternal-Child Nursing by McKinney et al.) for the same class for the previous semester. The McKinney book was thick as hell, no one wanted that book, but that book was more detailed. This book broke down the concept in fewer, and easier words to understand, but it didn't really go into much detail. Also, I don't know the difference between this enhanced version and the one I had, but maybe the spelling/grammatical errors were fixed. The one I have had errors left and right, and there were some conflicting information from different parts of the book that it was difficult to accept it as a credible source for most of us students. I can't believe this won the AJN book-of-the-year award, but when I think back to my class, and I compared this book to the McKinney book, without the errors, I definitely preferred this one. At the time, I got both books just to see the difference, paranoid that the tests were created out of the previously assigned textbook, and from a student's point of view, this book was just more understandable, as sometimes after reading the McKinney book, I'd have to refer back to this book just to understand what I just read.

not worth the money. I expect a professional and well written text as a student of nursing and this book does not meet these standards. Full of grammatical errors! I want my money back!