Journey Across the Life Span

Reflecting advances in science, social theories, and health care delivery - New & Updated!Coverage of Healthy People 2030 and social determinants of health (SDOH) as well as vaccines, pandemics, homelessness, non-traditional families, substance abuse, child abuse, and grief from loss - Expanded!Focus on Quality and Safety for Nursing Education (QSEN) and evidence-based practice, including “Evidence-Based Practice boxes that address common clinical questions and “Safe and Effective Nursing Care boxes and exercises - “LPN/LVN Connections, a wealth of features throughout the text to facilitate a smooth transition from one course to another while focusing on important information - “Key Terms, “Learning Outcomes, and “Concepts at the beginning of each chapter - Emphasis on clinical application - “Helpful Hints boxes that highlight important facts that can be used in conversations with patients - Summaries and case-based, critical-thinking questions at the end of each chapter to increase awareness and challenge thinking - End-of-chapter NCLEX-style questions to assess understanding of the content