Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a
convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book.
With this binder-ready edition, you can personalize the text to match
your unique study needs!
Designed to meet the needs of today's students, Lowdermilk's
Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition - Revised Reprint addresses the
fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focused presentation
of the care of women during the childbearing years. Integrating
considerations for family, culture, and health promotion into the
continuum of care, it also addresses community-based care to emphasize
that nursing care takes place in many settings. Maternity Nursing
focuses on childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the
newborn, as well as wellness promotion and management of common women's
health problems.
- Critical thinking exercises present case studies of real-life
situations and corresponding critical thinking questions to help you
develop your analytical skills.
NEW! A helpful appendix identifies text content that reflects the QSEN
competencies - patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration,
evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics -
to assist you in developing competencies to provide safe and effective
nursing care.
NEW! Focus on the family recognizes the nurse's need to integrate
the family in the care of the mother and newborn and the importance of
the role of the mother to the wellbeing of the family.
NEW! Content updates throughout, including information on the late
preterm infant and associated concerns such as feeding; guidelines on
prioritization and delegation where relevant; and centering
pregnancy, a new model of health care that brings women together in
groups for their care.
NEW! Evidence-based practice content focuses your attention on how
to use current research to improve patient outcomes.
NEW! Improved readability helps you learn more efficiently with
shorter, more focused content discussions.
NEW! 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent,
Community Focused chapter combines introductory material, culture, and
community into one chapter to help you focus on key content and
concepts.
NEW! Streamlined content highlights the most essential, need-to-know
information.
