Maternal, Neonatal, and Women's Health Nursing (Maternal, Neonatal, & Women's Health Nursing)

Acknowledging the tremendous changes in the health care system, this book offers a current and fresh perspective on nursing in the 21st century. A departure from the "medical model", its emphasis on client education, shifting delivery of care, and a collaborative approach fosters a practical view of the challenges the student will encounter in the workplace. Core content areas are covered in detail, including pathophysiology, normal and high-risk pregnancy, and women's health across the life-span. The text's integrated, holistic approach incorporates this information within a framework of biological, psychosocial, cultural, and environmental theory in a clear and consistent manner. A departure from the "medical model," this book emphasizes client education, shifting delivery of care, and a collaborative approach. The text's integrated, holistic perspective incorporates detailed core content in pathophysiology, normal and high-risk pregnancy, and women's health across the life-span within a framework of biological, psychosocial, cultural, and environmental theory This text utilizes a holistic model of health care delivery that acknowledges traditional medical care, nursing roles at various levels of practice, and alternative health care modalities as complementary components. Littleton and Engebretson (both of the U. of Texas Health Science Center) pay speci nderstanding the contempo health care system is vital to providing effective and appropriate nursing care.