Clinical Companion to Accompany Maternal-Infant Nursing Care

By Elizabeth Jean Dickason, Martha Olsen Schultz RN MA, Elizabeth Jean Dickason RN MA Med

A valuable, new pocket-size reference for clinical use. Contains essential clinical information including maternal, fetal, and infant assessment, laboratory values, drug profiles, procedures, and warning signs.

* Pocket-size reference detailing the most essential content necessary for the clinical setting, including antepartal assessment, pregnancy, fetal assessment, labor, birth, recovery, neonatal assessment and care. * Teaching Plans for Home Care highlight the importance of understanding the role of home care in the overall nursing care. * Care Paths and Decision Trees serve as examples of clinical, collaborative tools to introduce students to care implementation in the clinical environment. * Warning Signs boxes alert students to potential problems. * Procedure boxes provide step-by-step information on specific procedures. * Drug Profiles are included in an appendix to provide students with accessible, essential information about the most common medications and their effects on the woman and the newborn.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815125194
• ISBN13: 9780815125198
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

antsy nursing student

This book is very well written. It has been one of my favorite textbooks so far. It is very informative and also user friendly. It made my maternity rotation a very enjoyable experience.