Description
Professional nursing practice continues to evolve and adapt to the changing health care needs of society. Childbearing has significance for parents, extended families, and society as a whole. Birth is an intense physical and emotional experience that creates new life and potential for society.
Nothing is more wondrous than the creation of another human being. Every culture establishes acceptable behavior for pregnancy, the birth process, and care of the newborn. The maternity nurse is challenged to acquire a sound knowledge base in order to provide sensitive quality care to individual clients and their families.
Essentials of Maternity Nursing: The Nurse and the Childbearing Family has been revised and redesigned to focus on the basics of providing safe nursing care to the childbearing family. The nursing process continues to be the primary organizational feature of the text. It serves as a systematic approach to providing quality nursing care.
Nursing actions are derived from the nursing assessment and diagnoses and are evaluated for their effectiveness in meeting the clearly defined goals. Essentials of Maternity Nursing: The Nurse and the Childbearing Family emphasizes the role of the nurse as support person, teacher/counselor/advocate, and technician.
Knowledge of vital information places the nurse in a key position for providing health care teaching that encourages client and family participation in the childbearing experience.
This second edition presents current, accurate, and theoretically sound content for the delivery of safe, comprehensive, and holistic care of the childbearing family.
ISBN:0801607175
