Helps nurses understand wellness and illness as family-centered events. This title shows maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines but as a continuum of knowledge. It presents the content of the two disciplines comprehensively with a holistic approach.

A study guide that includes chapter overviews, key terms, and learning objectives as well as case studies and a range of practice exercises - matching, multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer. It helps readers learn to develop nursing care plans and patient teaching plans.

This text has a family emphasis throughout, highlighting wellness and illness as family-centred. Using a nursing process framework coverage includes the pain management information; unlicensed assistive personnel management and delegation; and empowering the client and the family.

Helps nurses understand wellness and illness as family-centered events. Using a nursing process framework, this book contains chapters each of which begins with Key Terms, Learning Objectives, and a Case Study and ends with Key Points and Critical Thinking Exercises. It also includes What If questions, and illustrated nursing procedures.

Features chapter overviews and learning objectives as well as case studies and a range of practice exercises - matching, multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer. This guide helps readers learn to develop nursing care plans and patient teaching plans and explore nursing care priorities for clinical and community settings.