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Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

By
  • Sharon Murray, MSN, RN, C, Professor Emerita, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
  • Emily McKinney, MSN, RN, C, Baylor Healthcare System, Dallas, TX

Known for its user-friendly, easy-to-understand coverage of complex concepts, this outstanding textbook provides all the information you need to provide competent nursing care to women and newborns. Step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions help you quickly master key skills and techniques. The importance of understanding family, culture, client teaching, communication, and clinical decision making is emphasized throughout. This edition also features a new title that reflects its expanded coverage of women’s health issues.

Hardbound, 1056 Pages

Published: September 2009

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4377-0259-0

Contents

  • Part I: Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families

    1. Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today
    2. The Nurse’s Role in Maternity and Women’s Health Care
    3. Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues
    4. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
    5. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing

      6. Part II: The Family Before Birth

    6. Conception and Prenatal Development
    7. Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy
    8. Psychosocial Adaptations to Pregnancy
    9. Nutrition for Childbearing
    10. Antepartal Fetal Assessment
    11. Perinatal Education

      12. Part III: The Family During Birth

    12. Processes of Birth
    13. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth
    14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
    15. Pain Management During Childbirth
    16. Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures

      17. Part IV: The Family Following Birth

    17. Postpartum Physiologic Adaptations
    18. Postpartum Psychosocial Adaptations
    19. Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation
    20. Assessment of the Normal Newborn
    21. Care of the Normal Newborn
    22. Infant Feeding
    23. Home Care of the Infant

      24. Part V: Families at Risk during the Childbearing Period

    24. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
    25. Complications of Pregnancy
    26. Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy
    27. Intrapartum Complications
    28. Postpartum Maternal Complications
    29. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development
    30. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions

      31. Part VI: Women’s Health Care

    31. Family Planning
    32. Infertility
    33. Preventive Care for Women
    34. Women’s Health Problems

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