Family Nursing

In developing this textbook, our goal was to provide the student and practicing nurse with the knowledge base that would enable them to make critical assessments and judgments regarding the child and his or her family in a variety of settings across the continuum of care. Today's pediatric nurse must be well versed in the numerous social, psychological, spiritual, and physical challenges facing youth and experts in managing complex acute and chronic conditions unique to children and adolescents.

Explore family nursing the way it's practiced today--with a theory-guided, evidence-based approach to care throughout the family life cycle and across clinical specialties that responds to the needs of families and adapts to the changing dynamics of the health care system.

Harness the power of the nurse-family relationship! Use the thoroughly revised evidence-based Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to competently and compassionately assess and intervene with families experiencing illness, loss, and/or disability. Includes Family nursing interviews -- How to move beyond basic family nursing skills -- How to avoid the three most common errors in family nursing -- How to terminate with families.

Learn how to create nursing care plans, effectively document care, and succeed in the course with Nursing Care Plans: Transitional Patient and Family Centered Care, Sixth Edition. Easy-to-understand and packed with practical tools to prepare you for clinical practice, this proven book focuses on the nursing plans that are most important, ensuring that you learn what you need to know and that you can find the information you need easily, without being distracted by irrelevant information.