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Maternity Nursing - Revised Reprint

  • 8 Edición - 25 de noviembre de 2013
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion
  • Idioma: Inglés

Designed to meet the needs of today’s students, Lowdermilk’s Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition — Revised Reprint addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focus… Leer más

Descripción

Designed to meet the needs of today’s students, Lowdermilk’s Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition — Revised Reprint addresses the fundamentals of maternity nursing with a concise, focused presentation of the care of women during the childbearing years. Integrating considerations for family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, it also addresses community-based care to emphasize that nursing care takes place in many settings. Maternity Nursing focuses on childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, as well as wellness promotion and management of common women’s health problems.

Puntos claves

  • Critical thinking exercises
    • present case studies of real-life situations and corresponding critical thinking questions to help you develop your analytical skills.

Índice

1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, 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 for Risk Factors

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

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 8
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 2 de diciembre de 2013
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

DL

Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

SP

Shannon E. Perry

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA

KC

Kitty Cashion

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA