Maternal-child Nursing Care [Textbook Binding]

Donna L. Wong PhD RN PNP CPN FAAN (Author), Shannon E. Perry RN PhD FAAN (Author), Marilyn J. Hockenberry PhD RN-CS PNP-BC FAAN (Author), Shannon E. Perry (Author), Marilyn Hockenberry (Author), Donna L. Wong (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323013996 | ISBN-13: 978-0323013994 | Publication Date: June 14, 2001 | Edition: 2

MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING CARE, 2ND EDITION covers the essential content for the maternity and pediatric nursing courses combined in one affordable text. The inclusion of expert authors, contributors, and reviewers ensures delivery of accurate and up-to-date content in both maternity and pediatric areas. The authors are also noted for their clear writing style that makes content easy to read and understand.The following are the key features retained for the second edition: Nursing Care Plans, Nurse Alerts, Guidelines, Emergency Treatment, Home Care, Cultural Awareness, Family Focus, Patient Teaching and Critical Thinking Exercises. The second edition will also include a new full-color design, greater emphasis on community care and research throughout.

(Includes a FREE MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Wong/maternal/)

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

The "right amount" of maternity and pediatric short-course content in an up-to-date, easy-to-understand manner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Donna L. Wong, PhD, RN, PNP, CPN, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa; Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Nursing; Adjunct Professor/Consultant, Oral Roberts University, Anna Vaughn School of Nursing, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Consultant Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Consultant, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas; Shannon E. Perry, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Development Program, Marion Wright Edelman Institute, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and Marilyn J. Hockenberry-Eaton, PhD, RN-CS, PNP, FAAN, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 1856 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 2 edition (June 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323013996
• ISBN-13: 978-0323013994
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hope you're not required to get it, April 24, 2010

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Dean D. "guy trying to pass ob" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maternal Child Nursing Care, 4e (Wong, Maternal Child Nursing Care) (Hardcover)

This book is so bad my school is switching it out after only one semester of use.

The book is too wordy. There are newly introduced terms with no definition given until several paragraphs or often pages later. The terms are not bolded in any way. Some are in italics but you're so cross-eyed from reading the small print that everything looks italicized. No glossary to help you out either.

Finding information is a huge time commitment since the index is nearly useless. There are few things you can look up as common terms and find what you want.

There are no review questions at the end of each chapter which is something that we nursing students want to help us with the NCLEX. The accompanying website does have some questions but most of the chapters I've studied only have 3 or 4 questions. Not nearly enough for adequate review.

The content of many sections does not always provide the information that the section heading suggests. It may be several sections later when the authors repeat the subject. You will also find that different sections have conflicting data.

This book is completely frustrating. If your school uses it, good luck, and do your best to get them to change it if you get the chance.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, even though it's required, January 18, 2008

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Erin M. Hooper (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maternal Child Nursing Care, 3e (Wong, Maternal Child Nursing Care) (Hardcover)

This book was required for my last semester of nursing school (OB/Peds), but I still think it's a good book. It does a good job of combining OB & Peds instead of having two separate (and often confusing) references as we've had in other subjects.
~~~It's now near the end of the semester and I wanted to amend my review of this book. I tried to change my rating to 4 stars and couldn't. I personally feel that the book contains too much information, half of which was not covered the entire semester. Even in the parts we have covered, the information is often repeated in two or three times, greatly adding to the bulk of the book. The information could have been written in a much more concise manner, and is often verbose and wordy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too much, September 12, 2007

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T.L (Houston,Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maternal Child Nursing Care, 3e (Wong, Maternal Child Nursing Care) (Hardcover)

Take it from a nursing student that this book has way too much detail.When trying to read for class you need a book that gets to the point while supplying a sufficient amount of detail.My classmates and I both complain about the extra information in this book.