Maternity Nursing
An Introductory Text
8th Edition
Published on 16. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
419 pages
978-0-7216-8970-8 (ISBN)
Description
The eighth edition of this maternity nursing textbook for LPN/LVN students is fully revised, updated, and revamped for the 21st century, reflecting the rapidly changing world of health care. A new chapter on complementary and alternative therapies discusses the relationships among the physiology of pregnancy, medications, and homeopathy. New content addresses the scope of LPN/LVN practice and practice settings, including charting responsibilities; multidisciplinary care and clinical pathways to highlight collaborative care; and the underlying themes of community-based maternity nursing, culturally sensitive obstetric care, and the benefits of health promotion and self-care to a healthy pregnancy, delivery, and infant development.
More details
Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Practising and Students Midwives and Paediatric, Neonatal and Child Health Nurses
Illustrations
glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-8970-8 (9780721689708)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
UNIT I: SOCIAL AND FAMILY DYNAMICS · Contemporary Maternity Care, Family, and Cultural Considerations · Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology · UNIT II: DEVELOPMENT OF THE FETUS · Fetal Development · UNIT III: PREGNANCY · Physiological and Psychological Changes During Pregnancy · Health Care During Pregnancy · Assessment of Fetal Health · UNIT IV: LABOR AND BIRTH · Process of Normal Labor · Nursing Care During Labor and Pain Management · UNIT V: THE NEWBORN INFANT · Physiological Adaptation of the Newborn to Birth · Nursing Assessment of the Newborn · Nursing Care of the Newborn · Infant Feeding · UNIT VI: POSTPARTUM PERIOD · Postpartum Assessment and Nursing Care · UNIT VII: COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBEARING · Health Problems Complicating Pregnancy · Complications of Labor and Birth · Newborn Infant at Risk: Conditions Associated with Gestational Age and Development · Newborn Infant at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions · Postpartum Complications · UNIT VIII: COMMUNITY-BASED CARE · Nursing Care in the Community ·UNIT IX: Family Planning and Infertility · Adolescent Childbearing and Parenting · Women's Health Issues · Complementary and Alternative Therapies · APPENDICES · A. Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals (Standard Precautions and Body Substance Isolation, CDC, 1996) · B. NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses · C. Conversion Tables (Conversion of Pounds and Ounces to Grams for Newborn Weights, and Temperature Conversion of Fahrenheit to Celsius) · D. Selected Maternal Newborn Laboratory Values · E. Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals into Breast Milk · F. Spanish-English Pronunciation Words and Phrases to Assist Nurses in Maternal-Infant Care · G. Common Abbreviations in Maternal/Newborn and Women's Health Nursing · H. Suggested Answers to Critical Thinking Activities · Glossary · Index · Self-Assessment