This companion Study Guide for Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing reinforces key concepts covered in the textbook and includes a variety of question types and exercises that make it easy to remember essential information and build critical-thinking skills. Each chapter is broken down into three sections: * Section I: Assessing Your Understanding presents a variety of labeling, sequencing, matching, short-answer, true and false, and fill-in-the-blank questions to test comprehension of key concepts. * Section II: Applying Your Knowledge consists of case studies and exercises to enhance critical-thinking skills. * Section III: Practicing for NCLEX helps students prepare for the exam with a variety of NCLEX-style review questions. For even more NCLEX-style questions, check out PrepU for Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing ! PrepU is our adaptive quizzing program that helps students learn more, while giving instructors a window into their students' progress-highlighting misconceptions, strengths, and weaknesses.

Addressing the reproductive issues of women throughout the lifespan in a clear, practical approach, Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing, Fifth Edition, equips students with the knowledge and clinical capabilities to excel on the NCLEX (R) and confidently care for women and their families in today's evolving healthcare environment. Employing a nursing process focus, author Susan Scott Ricci takes students from concept to application by building on previously mastered material to help them make sound clinical choices at every stage of patient care. This new edition has been updated with the latest evidence-based research, reflecting the most current clinical practices, interventions and cultural considerations across the full spectrum of maternity, newborn, and women's health nursing. Realistic case studies immerse students in real-world nursing scenarios to boost their caregiving skills and bridge the gap of limited clinical opportunities, giving students and practicing nurses alike the preparation they need to confidently succeed in today's nursing practice. UPDATED! Cultural considerations throughout the text reflect nurses' evolving role in global healthcare and help students meet clients' increasingly diverse needs. UPDATED! Evidence-based research findings familiarize students with the most current practices and interventions. NEW! Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight relevant implications of this U.S. government healthcare initiative on the care of women, mothers, and newborns. Case Studies present concepts in a real-world clinical context to strengthen students' caregiving capabilities, and accompanying questions boost critical thinking and clinical evaluation skills. Nursing Procedures guide students step by step through commonly performed clinical tasks. Words of Wisdom give students practical, timely insight from experienced professionals on the nursing care of women and newborns. Teaching Guidelines instill confidence to educate clients about various issues in women's healthcare. Drug Guides provide fast access to actions, indications, and significant nursing implications for commonly used medications. Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Test tables improve students' diagnostic knowledge for a broad range of disorders. Nursing Care Plans demonstrate each step of the nursing process and outline a guide for delivering care. Comparison Charts clarify easily confused concepts. Concepts in Action animations, available on thePoint, bring physiologic and pathophysiologic concepts to life to reinforce students' understanding. Consider This! features engage students in commonly encountered real-life scenarios to enhance their critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Take Note! features alert students to potentially critical implications in Chapter content, such as life-threatening scenarios. Learning Objectives help students prioritize information as they learn. Key Terms clarify important terminology that may be new to students. Key Concepts reinforce essential points from each Chapter at a glance. Tables, boxes, and illustrations summarize and reinforce for fast reference. References and websites point students to resources for deeper review and remediation. Chapter worksheets test students' understanding of Chapter content and highlight areas for further review.

This companion Study Guide for Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing reinforces key concepts covered in the textbook and includes a variety of question types and exercises that make it easy to remember essential information and build critical-thinking skills. Each chapter is broken down into three sections: * Section I: Assessing Your Understanding presents a variety of labeling, sequencing, matching, short-answer, true and false, and fill-in-the-blank questions to test comprehension of key concepts. * Section II: Applying Your Knowledge consists of case studies and exercises to enhance critical-thinking skills. * Section III: Practicing for NCLEX helps students prepare for the exam with a variety of NCLEX-style review questions.

Help your students prepare for effective maternity nursing practice! This updated 4th Edition of Susan Ricci s practical text provides students with the essential information they need to care for women and their families, and also to assist them in making the right choices safely, intelligently, and with confidence. With integrated case studies and nursing procedures throughout, the text takes a nursing process approach, builds on previously mastered content, and includes much that is new, including increased coverage of the cultural and global aspects of maternity and women s health care. KEY FEATURES Revised Unfolding Case Studies in every chapter, now paired with patient photos, give students an opportunity to apply concepts to real-life scenarios. Up-to-date Nursing Procedures provide clear, step-by-step explanations, along with illustrations of variations in nursing care, to help students master vital skills. New Bringing It All Together Case Studies begin in the end-of-chapter worksheets and unfold online, providing extended opportunities for students to connect learning to practice. New! Concept Mastery Alerts improve students understanding of potentially confusing topics as identified by Lippincott s Adaptive Learning Powered by prepU. Updated Teaching Guidelines, now with rationales, prepare students to educate families. Additional evidence-based research findings promote evidence-based maternity nursing practice and interventions. More than 700 NCLEX-Style Review Questions help students review important concepts and prepare for the NCLEX-RN. This leading content is also incorporated into Lippincott CoursePoint+, a dynamic learning solution that integrates this book s curriculum, adaptive learning tools, virtual simulations, real-time data reporting, and the latest evidence-based practice content together into one powerful student learning solution. Lippincott CoursePoint+ improves the nursing students critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills to prepare them for practice. Learn more at www.NursingEducationSuccess.com/CoursePoint."