Davis Advantage for Maternal Newborn Nursing Critical Components of Nursing Care 4th Ed. by Durham, Chapman & Miller (2022)

Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn Nursing: Critical Components of Nursing Care, Fourth Edition (2022) by Roberta F. Durham, Linda Chapman, and Connie Miller combines an easy-to-read textbook with an innovative online program to create an immersive learning experience for students and an integrated teaching solution for instructors — whether the course is traditional or virtual.

Davis Advantage uses a proven LEARN–APPLY–ASSESS approach that personalizes instruction, sharpens clinical judgment with scenario-based case studies, and prepares students for the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) with formative questions aligned to the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.

The Textbook: an easy-to-read, need-to-know approach with student-friendly features focused on delivering the critical content today's learners require. A visually engaging design features bulleted content, flow charts, diagrams, and tables that make complex maternity and newborn concepts easy to understand and retain.

Content coverage: women's health and reproductive anatomy; preconception and prenatal care; genetics and genetic counseling; antepartum assessment and complications; the labor and birth process; intrapartum complications and obstetric emergencies; postpartum adaptation and complications; newborn transition, assessment, and nursing care; high-risk newborns and NICU care; breastfeeding and infant nutrition; family-centered care; maternal mental health; cultural considerations; evidence-based practice; and maternal-newborn pharmacology.

Essential for: BSN and ADN nursing students in maternal-child or women's health courses; NCLEX-RN preparation including NGN case studies; perinatal nurse residency programs; IBCLC preparation (as a supplementary resource); and nurse educators teaching maternity content.