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MATERNITY & WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
Maternity & Women's Health Care
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Ninth Edition

By
Deitra Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Nursing Education and Curriculum Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Shannon Perry, RN, CNS, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA

Description
Maternity & Women's Health Care, 9th Edition takes a collaborative care approach to maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing that emphasizes the nurse's role on the care team. Easy to read and logically organized, it follows the nursing process and offers evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Key topics include evidence-based practice, family, culture, community, and health promotion. Practical application exercises and comprehensive care plans help strengthen your maternity nursing skills.

Contents


UNIT 1: Introduction to Maternity & Women?s Health Nursing


1. Contemporary Maternity Nursing and Women's Health Care

2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

3. Genetics

4. Alternative & Complementary Therapies



UNIT 2: Women?s Health


5. Assessment & Health Promotion

6. Violence Against Women

7. Reproductive System Concerns

8. Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections

9. Contraception and Abortion

10. Infertility

11. Problems of the Breast

12. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System



UNIT 3: Pregnancy


13. Conception and Fetal Development

14. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

16. Nursing Care During Pregnancy

17. Childbirth and Perinatal Education



UNIT 4: Childbirth


18. Labor and Birth Processes

19. Management of Discomfort

20. Fetal Assessment During Labor

21. Nursing Care During Labor



UNIT 5: Postpartum


22. Postpartum Physiology

23. Nursing Care of the Postpartum Woman

24. Transition to Parenthood



UNIT 6: The Newborn


25. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn

26. Nursing Care of the Newborn

27. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

28. Care of the Newborn at Home



UNIT 7: Complications of Pregnancy


29. Assessment for Risk Factors

30. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

31. Antepartal Hemorrhagic Disorders

32. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

33. Medical-Surgical Problems in Pregnancy

34. Obstetric Critical Care

35. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse

36. Labor and Birth Complications

37. Postpartum Complications



UNIT 8: Newborn Complications


38. Acquired Problems of the Newborn

39. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies

40. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn

41. Grieving the Loss of a Newborn

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1216 pages, publication date: FEB-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04367-0
ISBN-10: 0-323-04367-4
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 3 Nov 2009
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