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