Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada

• Medication Alerts
stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.
• Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.
• Research Focus boxes identify best practices by presenting evidence and how to apply the knowledge learned.
• Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress.
• Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.
• Clinical reasoning case studies offer you opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.
• Cultural Awareness boxes explore beliefs and practices about pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, women's health concerns, and caring for sick children.
• Evidence-Informed Practice boxes highlight findings that confirm effective practices or that identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects.
• Emergency boxes alert you to emergency situations and guide you step-by-step through emergency procedures.
• Family-Centred Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider in providing family-centred care.
• Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format.
• Home Care boxes detail important information that you need to deliver care to patients and families in the home setting.
• Medication Guide boxes include key information about medications used in maternity and newborn care, including their indications, adverse effects, and nursing considerations.
• Patient Teaching boxes assist you in helping patients and families become involved in their own care with optimal outcomes.

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