Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing Care

by Ladewig, Patricia A.; London, Marcia L.; Davidson, Michele R.

Edition:

6th

ISBN13:

9780131700260

ISBN10:

013170026X

Format:

Hardcover w/Disk

Pub. Date:

1/1/2006

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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This is an essential book for the shorter courses in maternity nursing, e.g., 4-8 weeks long or as a refresher for professionals.Features in this book include: Women's Health and Reproductive Issues; Conception and Development; Pregnancy--Normal and High Risk; Labor--Normal and High Risk; Birth--Normal and High Risk; Postpartum Care--Normal and High Risk; Newborn Care--Normal and High Risk.Nursing students and professionals.

Contemporary maternal-newborn care	p. 2
Culture and the childbearing family	p. 16
Reproductive anatomy and physiology	p. 29
Conception and fetal development	p. 52
Health promotion for women	p. 78
Common gynecologic problems	p. 112
Families with special reproductive concerns	p. 133
Preparation for parenthood	p. 164
Physical and psychologic changes of pregnancy	p. 180
Antepartal nursing assessment	p. 198
The expectant family : needs and care	p. 226
Adolescent pregnancy	p. 257
Maternal nutrition	p. 272
Pregnancy at risk : progestational problems	p. 293
Pregnancy at risk : gestational onset	p. 324
Assessment of fetal well-being	p. 367
Processes and stages of labor and birth	p. 386
Intrapartal nursing assessment	p. 411
The family in childbirth : needs and care	p. 443
Pain management during birth	p. 477
Childbirth at risk	p. 494
Birth-related procedures	p. 538
The physiologic responses of the newborn to birth	p. 562
Nursing assessment of the newborn	p. 586
Normal newborn : needs and care	p. 632
Newborn nutrition	p. 660
The newborn at risk : conditions present at birth	p. 683
The newborn at risk : birth-related stressors	p. 733
Postpartal adaptation and nursing assessment	p. 782
The postpartal family : needs and care	p. 809
Home care of the postpartal family	p. 835
The postpartal family at risk	p. 861
Common abbreviations in maternal-newborn and women's health nursing	p. 892
Conversions and equivalents	p. 895
Spanish translations of English phrases	p. 896
Guidelines for working with deaf clients and interpreters	p. 900
Sign language for healthcare professionals	p. 901
Actions and effects of selected drugs during breastfeeding	p. 904
Selected maternal-newborn laboratory values	p. 906
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