Maternal Newborn Nursing Care Plans‎,‎ Third Edition teaches students and practicing nurses how to assess‎,‎ plan‎,‎ provide‎,‎ and evaluate care for pregnancy‎,‎ delivery‎,‎ recovery‎,‎ abnormal conditions‎,‎ and newborn care‎.‎ Featuring more than 65 of the most common and high‎-risk care plans for nursing care using the nursing process approach‎,‎ it includes NIC interventions‎,‎ discussions on collaborative problems‎,‎ key nursing activities‎,‎ signs and symptoms‎,‎ and diagnostic studies‎.‎ Using a progressive approach‎,‎ the text begins with generic care plans that address all patient situations regardless of the patient diagnosis or condition before moving on to more complicated and specific care plans‎.‎ The Third Edition offers new rationales for nursing actions based on scientific principles‎,‎ a new breastfeeding care plan added to the normal newborn care chapter‎,‎ new information on obesity in pregnancy‎,‎ evidence‎-based practice boxes throughout to highlight current research‎,‎ and updated references and research‎.‎ Also included are new guidelines‎,‎ practice changes‎,‎ new standards‎,‎ and evidence changes‎.‎ * Consistent organization based on commonly encountered nursing diagnoses * Comprehensive coverage of normal pregnancy and common complications of pregnancy * Individualized and collaborative care plans cover both actual and potential problems and conditions * Content in concert with the Institute of Medicine‎'‎s ‎(‎IOM‎)‎ mandate to improve the quality and safety of patient outcomes