Main description:

PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: MATERNAL-NEWBORN NURSING WITH NURSING REVIEWS & RATIONALES, 3/e 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(R) 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. Hundreds of practice questions in the book and online at www.nursingreviewsandrationales.com help students measure their readiness for the NCLEX-RN(R). In addition, you can access an eText version of this book on this website.

Contents:

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