Description
- Coverage of the latest advances in nursing care includes fetal heart rate monitoring during labor and delivery and revised diabetes classifications.- Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination! section at the end of each chapter includes key points, review questions, and critical thinking questions for individual, small group, or classroom review.- Safety Alert! boxes highlight 2011 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, with special consideration for serious and potentially fatal medication errors.- Easily recognizable icons for standard steps are included in each skill (e.g., hand hygiene).- UNIQUE! Icons in page margins point to relevant animations and video clips on the companion Evolve website.
Table of Contents
Unit One: Social and Family Dynamics1. Contemporary Maternity Care, Family, and Cultural Considerations2. Reproductive Anatomy and PhysiologyUnit Two: Development of the Fetus3. Fetal DevelopmentUnit Three: Pregnancy4. Physiologic and Psychologic Changes During Pregnancy5. Health Care and Fetal Assessment During PregnancyUnit Four: Labor and Birth6. Process of Normal Labor7. Nursing Care During Labor8 . Management of Pain During LaborUnit Five: The Newborn9. Physiologic Adaptation of the Newborn and Nursing Assessment10. Nursing Care of the Newborn11. Newborn FeedingUnit Six: Postpartum Assessment12. Postpartum Assessment and Nursing CareUnit Seven: Complications of Childbearing13. Health Problems Complicating Pregnancy14. Complications of Labor and Birth15. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Associated with Gestational Age and Development16. The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions17. Postpartum ComplicationsUnit Eight: Community-Based Care18. The Pregnant Adolescent and Nursing Care in the CommunityUnit Nine: Other Reproductive Issues19. Family Planning and Infertility20. Women's Health Issues21. Complementary and Alternative TherapiesAppendix A: The Joint Commission's Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and SymbolsAppendix B: Commonly Used Abbreviations in Maternal and Pediatric NursingAppendix C: Common Spanish Phrases for Maternity and Pediatric NursingAppendix D: Multilingual Glossary of SymptomsAppendix E: Conversion TablesAppendix F: Selected Maternal and Newborn Laboratory ValuesAppendix G: Transfer of Selected Drugs and Other Chemicals into Breast MilkAppendix H: Answers to Review Questions for the NCLEX® ExaminationBibliography and Reader ReferencesIllustration CreditsGlossaryIndexStudy Guide
