Maternity Nursing - E-Book

by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk RNC, PhD, FAAN, Shannon E. Perry RN, PhD, FAAN, Kitty Cashion RN, BC, MSN

Overview

• Evidence-Based Practice boxes have been updated, researched and reformatted to help you focus on current research.

• Recognizes the nurse’s need to integrate the family in the care of the mother and newborn.

• New and updated information to reflect current nursing research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323293709
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	875
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard, RNC, PhD, FAAN (Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Perry, Shannon E., RN, PhD, FAAN (San Francisco State Univ); Bobak, Irene M., RN, PhD, FAAN (San Francisco State Univ)

Table of Contents

1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, Family and Community Focused

Unit One: Reproductive Years

2. Assessment and Health Promotion

3. Common Concerns

4. Contraception, Abortion, and Infertility

Unit Two: Pregnancy

5. Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development

6. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

7. Nursing Care of the Family during Pregnancy

8. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

Unit Three: Childbirth

9. Labor and Birth Processes

10. Management of Discomfort

11. Fetal Assessment during Labor

12. Nursing Care of the Family during Labor and Birth

Unit Four: Postpartum Period

13. Maternal Physiologic Changes

14. Nursing Care of the Family during the Fourth Trimester

15. Transition to Parenthood

Unit Five: The Newborn

16. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations

17. Assessment and Care of the Newborn and Family

18. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

Unit Six: Complications of Childbearing

19. Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy

20. Pregnancy at Risk: Preexisting Conditions

21. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions

22. Labor and Birth at Risk

23. Postpartum Complications

24. The Newborn at Risk

Editorial Reviews

5 Stars! from Doody

This fifth edition textbook features maternal/newborn nursing with numerous charts, illustrations, and special multi-colored text boxes for quick access of information, learning, and visual appeal. Other worthy features include a computer disk study guide and the availability of Mosby's Electronic Resource Links and Information Network. The purpose is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to become competent, think critically, and attain sensitivity as caring maternity nurses. It is written for nursing students in their beginning-level maternal/child theory and clinical courses. The well known editors have previously published in the area of obstetrical/newborn nursing with numerous other publications to their credit. Worthy features of this book include detailed colored illustrations and boxed features of concise pertinent information for memory retention. Case management is used as the organizing framework for the nursing care chapters. The addition of new chapters such as adaptation to parenthood, including family dynamics and community and home care, brings this latest edition to the current state-of-the-art. The table of contents, index, and glossary are user friendly and the references are current. This text concisely presents maternity nursing concepts and research for nursing students. Inclusion of colored illustrations, boxed critical content, and critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter facilitates the use of the book while guiding nursing students in their initial maternal/child course. It retains the comprehensiveness of previous editions. This book is very appropriate for the presentation of current maternity nursing knowledge tonursing students in their beginning level experience.

Nancy E. Moss

Reviewer: Kathleen R Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN (St. John's Mercy Medical Center)
Description: This is the seventh edition of an excellent basic resource for nursing students who are studying care for women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Immediate care of the newborn also is included. The last edition was published in 2003.
Purpose: The purpose is to prepare students to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become competent, critically thinking, caring nurses. This popular text has been updated to include the latest evidence to support current maternity nursing care and certainly meets the objectives of the authors.
Audience: The book is written at the level of the basic nursing student with easily understandable content, illustrations, and summaries of current research. Deitra Lowdermilk and Shannon Perry are recognized experts in maternity nursing and have consistently produced excellent resources for nursing students.
Features: Pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care are covered, as well as selected complications. Current and evolving evidence is highlighted. Content for patient teaching is prominently displayed. Critical thinking exercises are integrated into each chapter to guide students in applying their knowledge and using critical thinking to plan appropriate care for women and newborns.
Assessment: This text has long been one of the most widely used for students of maternity nursing. As new evidence, standards, and guidelines have been published, a new edition was required. Both students and faculty will find this updated edition to be a valuable resource.

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