Davis Advantage for Maternal-Child Nursing Care

by Scannell, Meredith J; Ruggiero, Kristine

• ISBN13: 9781719650632
• ISBN10: 1719650632
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781719650649
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-10-13
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
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Summary

Davis Advantage for Maternal-Child Nursing Care combines an innovative text with an immersive online program that makes this challenging but must-know content easier to master by making learning personal. Together, they create a seamless experience that tracks each student’s progress and assesses their knowledge until they have mastered the concepts and are ready to apply them in class, clinical, and practice. An access code inside new, printed textbooks unlocks access to Davis Advantage as well as an eBook. Or choose the all-digital Instant Access option which includes the eBook and immediate access to Davis Advantage. 

THE TEXTBOOK

An expertly designed, balanced presentation of evidence-based nursing care meets the needs of today’s students for both combination and separate courses with the right depth and breadth of coverage. A unique emphasis on optimizing outcomes, evidence-based practice, and research supports the goal of caring for women, families, and children, not only in traditional hospital settings, but also wherever they live, work, study, or play. 

ONLINE (DAVIS ADVANTAGE)

Using a unique and proven approach across a Learn-Apply-Assess-Simulate continuum, Davis Advantage’s personalized learning, clinical judgment, quizzing, and simulation assignments (coming December 2025) engage students; help them make the connections to key topics; and prepare for NCLEX® success. Davis Advantage aligns seamlessly with the textbook and equips instructors with actionable analytics to track students’ progress, remediate where needed, and facilitate an active learning environment.

• LEARN—Personalized Learning

  Personalized Learning immerses students in an online learning experience tailored to their needs. Students are assessed on their comprehension of key topics from the text and then are guided through animated mini-lecture videos and dynamic activities to reinforce learning and apply their knowledge.

• APPLY—Clinical Judgment

  Clinical Judgment challenges students to think critically and make informed decisions to achieve the best patient outcomes. Real-world case studies mirror the complexities they will encounter in a variety of settings, helping them to build the skills they need to be practice-ready nurses and prepare for the NCLEX®.

• ASSESS—Quizzing

  Quizzing uses NCLEX®-style questions to provide the additional practice students need to master must-know concepts and improve their scores on classroom and certification exams.

• SIMS—Simulate

  Simulation assignments immerse students in realistic clinical scenarios with interactive decision points, branching logic, evolving EHRs, and comprehensive post-scenario feedback to practice their clinical decision-making skills and develop their clinical judgment in a safe, supportive environment that prepares them for real-world practice.

Table of Contents

I. Foundations in the Nursing Care of Maternal, Family, and Child Care
1. Maternal, Family and Child Care Concepts
II. The Process of Human Reproduction
2. Reproduction, Conception, and Development of the Embryo and Fetus
III. The Prenatal Journey
3. Physiological and Psychosocial Changes and Health Promotion During Pregnancy
4. Complications During Pregnancy
IV. The Birth Experience
5. The Process of Labor and Birth
6. Complications During Labor and Birth
V. Care of the New Family
7. Physiological Transition of the Newborn
8. Caring for the Newborn at Risk
9. Caring for the Postpartal Patient and Family
10. Complications During the Postpartal Period
VI. Foundations in Nursing Care of Children
11. Caring for the Developing Child
12. Caring for the Child Across Care Settings
13. Caring for the Child With a Respiratory Condition
14. Caring for the Child With a Gastrointestinal Condition
15. Caring for the Child With a Cardiovascular Condition
16. Caring for the Child With an Infectious or Communicable Disease
17. Caring for the Child With an Allergic or Immunological Condition
18. Caring for the Child With an Endocrinological or Metabolic Condition
19. Caring for the Child With a Neurological or Sensory Condition
20. Caring for the Child With a Musculoskeletal Condition
21. Caring for the Child With an Integumentary Condition
22. Caring for the Child With a Genitourinary Condition
23. Caring for the Child With a Hematological Condition
24. Caring for the Child With a Cognitive or Psychosocial Impairment
25. Caring for the Child With Cancer
26. Caring for the Child with a Chronic Condition, Disability, or End-of-Life Care
VII. Women’s Health
27. Promoting the Safety of Women and Families
28. Promoting Reproductive Health: Premenstrual, Menstrual, Perimenopausal, and Menopausal Health
29. Promoting Breast Health
30. Promoting Reproductive Health: Various Gynecological Disorders and Reproductive Cancers
31. Promoting Reproductive Health: Sexuality, Infertility, Contraception, and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Appendices
A. Sample Documentation Forms for Laboring Patients
B. Centigrade to Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions
C. Expected Temperatures in Children
Glossary
Photo & Illustration Credits
Index