Product Review

• Delivers the critical-to-know content in two ways€"in print and as an audio book.


• Meets the challenge of limited course time by efficiently organizing information in bulleted lists, flow charts, diagrams, tables, clinical pathways, and concept maps.


• Allows you to download the audio chapters to listen to the text anytime, anywhere.


• Features a biopsychosocial approach which encompasses physiology, psychological adaptation, and social and cultural influences on childbearing, and emphasizes nursing implications and care of patients and families.


• Introduces two unfolding case studies in Unit 2, one low-risk, one high-risk that are further developed in subsequent chapters through €œTying It All Together€ boxes, which summarize the key elements in each chapter.


• Uses pedagogical tools to organize and highlight important concepts including€¦.
  
  
  
  • Unit and chapter objectives
  
  
  • Key terms
  
  
  • Nursing diagnoses and nursing outcomes
  
  
  • Critical Component boxes
  
  
  • Cultural Considerations boxes
  
  
  • Medications boxes
  
  
  • Concept Maps
  
  
  • Evidence-Based Practice guidelines in all chapters related to nursing care
  
  
  • Clinical pathways
  
  
  • Professional standards of care and position statements
  
  
  • Glossary