Journey Across the Life Span

Human Development and Health Promotion
Here’s just what you need to safely and effectively care for your patients at any stage of life in today’s ever-changing world of health care. The seventh edition of this student friendly text guides you through the life cycle - from conception to old age - with an emphasis on health promotion, maintenance, and restoration in clinical practice.
Take a fascinating journey through the life cycle.
Here’s just what you need to safely and effectively care for your patients at any stage of life in today’s ever-changing world of health care. The 7th Edition of this popular, student friendly text guides you through the life cycle—from conception to old age—with an emphasis on health promotion, maintenance, and restoration in clinical practice.

• Updated & Revised! 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

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