Publications
Clinical Decision Making, Case Studies in Maternity and Women's Health
Author: Diann S. Gregory
ISBN 13: 9781401827090
ISBN 10: 1401827098
Copyright: 2006
Thomson Delmar Publishing
Description:
Created especially for nurses, the Clinical Decision Making series helps to bridge the gap between content knowledge and clinical application. Case Studies in Maternity & Women’s Health is the first installment in this innovative series, which provides over forty maternity and women's health case histories, questions, and responses based on real life client situations. Every case contains an introductory “blueprint” of variables that must be considered while evaluating a particular scenario, which are pertinent concerning the client, nursing protocol, and setting of care. Examples of these variables include age, gender, or culture of the client, the client with a pre-existing condition, legal issues, or communication skills. Each blueprint and case is different, just as each clinical situation is unique to others. By allowing learners to simulate the actual decision-making process, they can gain a comfort level to make informed clinical judgments that will help them become successful nurses. Quite simply, Clinical Decision Making shortens the distance between the classroom and nursing practice like no other educational tool.
Features:
Forty detailed case studies are provided that cover a wide range of topics.
Cases cover each obstetric period and are categorized as such.
Case studies progress by difficulty level, which can be identified by colored tabs.
Cases were written by nurses with modern clinical experience and are relevant to the challenges and pressures of practice.
Includes a wide variety of variables related to client diversity, prioritization, and legal and ethical considerations.
Thomson Delmar Learning's Case Study Series, Maternity & Women's Health
Author: Diann S. Gregory
ISBN 13: 9781401827113
ISBN 10: 140182711X
Copyright: 2006
Thomson-Delmar Publishing
Decision-making: These elements are fundamental to nursing. The umbrella term “critical thinking” is fashionable for discussion of those elements, and it is a great obstacle to becoming a nurse. Thomson Delmar Learning’s Case Study Series is the most ambitious attempt to bridge the gap between content knowledge and clinical application. Maternity & Women’s Health is the first installment in the series, which recognizes that numerous considerations, or variables, factor into making nursing decisions. Every case contains an introductory “blueprint” of variables that must be considered while evaluating that particular scenario, which are pertinent concerning the client, nursing protocol, or setting of care. Examples of these variables include age, gender, or culture of the client, the client with a pre-existing condition, legal issues, or communication skills. Each blueprint is different, just as each clinical situation is unique in some way to the previous. By simulating the actual decision-making process, learners gain a comfort level to make informed clinical judgments that will help them become successful nurses. Quite simply, Thomson Delmar Learning’s Case Study Series shortens the distance between the classroom and nursing practice like never before.
Features:
Twenty detailed case studies are provided that cover a wide range of topics in maternity and women's health
Cases are included for each are obstetric period, or trimester, and are categorized as such.
Each case contains in-depth "answers" for self-assessment.
Case studies progress by difficulty level, which can be identified at the top of the page.
Cases are relevant to the challenges and pressures of modern practice.