Maternity nursing
Title:
Maternity nursing
Author:
Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard
Perry, Shannon E.
Cashion, Kitty
ISBN:
9780323066617
Edition:
8th ed.
Publication Information:
Maryland Heights, MO : Mosby/Elsevier, 2010
Physical Description:
xxi, 861 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
21st century maternity nursing : culturally competent, family and community focused -- Assessment and health promotion -- Common concerns -- Contraception, abortion, and infertility -- Genetics, conception, and fetal development -- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy -- Nursing care of the family during pregnancy -- Maternal and fetal nutrition -- Labor and birth processes -- Management of discomfort -- Fetal assessment during labor -- Nursing care of the family during labor and birth -- Maternal physiologic changes -- Nursing care of the family during the fourth trimester -- Transition to parenthood -- Physiologic and behavioral adaptations of the newborn -- Assessment and care of the newborn and family -- Newborn nutrition and feeding -- Assessment of high risk pregnancy -- Pregnancy at risk : preexisting conditions -- Pregnancy at risk : gestational conditions -- Labor and birth at risk -- Postpartum complications -- The newborn at risk.
Subject:
Maternity nursing |
Pediatric nursing |
Maternal-Child Nursing -- methods |
Obstetrical Nursing -- methods |