Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion - Paperback

by Elaine U. Polan (Author), Daphne R. Taylor (Author)

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