Pearson Reviews & Rationales

Preface

1. Introduction to Maternity Nursing

2. Reproduction, Fertility, and Infertility

3. Family Planning and Contraception

4. Fetal Development

5. The Normal Prenatal Experience

6. Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

7. The Complicated Prenatal Experience

8. The Normal Labor and Delivery Experience

9. The Complicated Labor and Delivery Experience

10. The Normal Postpartal Experience

11. The Complicated Postpartal Experience

12. The Normal Newborn Experience

13. The Complicated Newborn Experience

14. Issues of Loss and Grief in Maternity Nursing

Appendix. Practice to Pass & Case Studies Suggested Answers

Index

&>For courses covering maternal-newborn nursing, and/or preparing nursing students for the maternal-newborn nursing components of the NCLEX-RN® examination.

This text provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today’s “need to know” knowledge for effective maternal and newborn nursing. Developed and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, it is fully reflective of the current (2010) NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. The text thoroughly covers family-centered care during normal and complicated experiences in the prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartal, and neonatal periods. Additional chapters focus on ethical, legal, and cultural considerations; reproduction, fertility, and infertility; family planning and contraception; fetal development; laboratory and diagnostic testing; and issues of loss and grief in maternity nursing. This text’s complete support package includes access to additional questions and the complete eText online, and a tear-out NursingNotes card for clinical reference and quick review.

Helps prepare students for all aspects of maternal and newborn nursing covered on the NCLEX-RN® exam. Includes comprehensive yet concise coverage of reproduction, fertility, and infertility; family planning and contraception; lab and diagnostic tests; fetal development; normal and complicated prenatal, labor, delivery, postpartal, and newborn experiences; and loss and grief in maternity nursing.

Gives students comprehensive practice that helps them direct their study and build mastery. Contains 10-question pretests in each chapter, open-ended critical thinking “Practice to Pass” questions, 10-question chapter posttests, and 420 additional questions online. All pretest and posttest questions contain comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and are coded according to cognitive level of difficulty and NCLEX-RN® Test Plan categories of client need and integrated processes.

Offers exceptionally efficient and focused review of key concepts, terms, and techniques. Chapters start with clear objectives, include “Review at a Glance” glossaries of critical terms, and present multiple NCLEX Alerts identifying concepts that are especially likely to be tested.

Gives students additional opportunities to apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Includes case studies at the end of each chapter, describing true-to-life client case situations and asking open-ended questions about how the student would provide care for this client and his or her family.

Provides additional last-minute, “take-anywhere” preparation. Includes a popular tear-out reference card presenting frequently used facts and information, ideal for last-minute exam review as well as ongoing clinical work.

Helps students study for this (and all other exams) more effectively. Begins with dozens of proven Study Tips and Test-Taking Strategies to improve students’ chances of success.

MaryAnn Hogan, MSN, RN has been a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN® exam, Ms. Hogan has been teaching review courses throughout to a number of publications in the areas of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member
of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society for Nursing.

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