Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family, Sixth Edition and Lippincott's Clinical Simulations: Maternity/Pediatric Nursing Course Set Package

Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Sixth Edition helps nurses understand wellness and illness as family-centered events. The author, Adele Pillitteri, views maternal-newborn and child health care not as two separate disciplines but as a continuum of knowledge. She presents the content of the two disciplines comprehensively with a holistic approach.Lippincott's Clinical Simulations: Maternity/Pediatric Nursing Course Set focuses on maternal and pediatric conditions nurses experience in their practice. It consists of six courses four case studies/simulations and two tutorials with each course accompanied by a test. Each course provides essential information student nurses need to know. The titles in this course package are:Normal Labor Clinical Simulation in NursingNursing Care of Normal Labor TutorialProlonged Labor Clinical Simulation in NursingNursing Care of Prolonged Labor TutorialPediatric Congenital Heart Defect Clinical SimulationPediatric Asthma Clinical Simulation in Nursing Customers receive a physical case which includes a code for access to these products on thePoint for two years.The case study simulations place the student nurse in real life situations encountered by practicing nurses when patients are in critical care circumstances. Each simulation takes place in an appropriate location such as a clinic or hospital, guides the student through the patient assessment, and requires the student to identify appropriate nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions, interpret results of prescribed treatment, communicate effectively with patients and families, and identify patient characteristics to optimize patient outcomes, discharge planning, and patient/family education.The tutorials provide an excellent review of the information both students and practicing nurses need to know to practice safely and effectively when caring for a patient diagnosed with the topic disorder. Each tutorial course describes the disorder classifications, pathophysiology, precipitating factors, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnostic criteria, medical treatment options, and nursing care requirements including patient assessment, monitoring, and nursing interventions.