AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing Co-Published with AWHONN

by Simpson, Kathleen Rice; Creehan, Patricia A.

• ISBN13: 9780781767590
• ISBN10: 0781767598
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-15
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Co-published with the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), this book is a comprehensive clinical resource for practicing perinatal nurses providing commonly accepted guidelines for practice and includes algorithms to support decision-making.

Table of Contents

Perinatal patient safety and professional liability issues	p. 1
Integrating cultural beliefs and practices when caring for childbearing women and families	p. 29
Physiologic changes of pregnancy	p. 59
Psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy and postpartum	p. 78
Antenatal care	p. 88
High-risk pregnancy	p. 125
Labor and birth	p. 300
Fetal assessment during labor	p. 399
Pain relief and comfort measures in labor	p. 443
Postpartum care	p. 473
Newborn adaptation to extrauterine life	p. 527
Newborn physical assessment	p. 546
Newborn nutrition	p. 582
Common neonatal complications	p. 612
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