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Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing
- 8th Edition - October 6, 2022
- Editors: Sharon Smith Murray, Emily Slone McKinney, Karen Holub, Renee Jones, Kristin L. Scheffer
- Language: English
- formats.Other ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 1 5 9 - 4
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 7 3 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 6 8 5 - 2
Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition integrates essential maternity informati… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMake sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show you how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making. Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX© in the text help you prepare for the exam.
- Contributing content from known experts in the field of maternal and women’s health.
- Unfolding case studies help you apply what you’ve learned to practice.
- Safety checks integrated into the content help you develop competencies related to safe nursing practice.
- Chapter summaries appear at the end of each chapter and help you review core content in each chapter while on the go.
- Patient teaching boxes provide teaching guidelines, including communication guides, directed at patients and families.
- Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information.
- Application of Nursing Process sections help you apply the nursing process to clinical situations.
- Updated! Drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications.
- Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills with rationales for each step.
- UNIQUE! Therapeutic Communications boxes present realistic nurse-patient dialogues, identifying communication techniques and showing ways to respond when encountering communication blocks.
- Knowledge Check helps you assess your mastery of key content.
- Glossary provides definitions of all key terms.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART 1. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families
- 1. Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process
- Safety And Quality Within Women’s Health
- Choices In Childbirth
- Current Factors Affecting Perinatal And Women’s Health Care
- Standards Of Practice For Perinatal And Women’s Health Nursing
- Essential Skills For Professional Nursing
- Summary Concepts
- 2. Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues
- The Family
- Culture and Childbearing Families
- Social Issues
- Ethics and Bioethics
- Legal Issues
- Cost Containment and Downsizing
- Summary Concepts
- 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
- Sexual Development
- Female Reproductive Anatomy
- Female Reproductive Cycle
- The Female Breast
- Male Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
- Summary Concepts
- 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing
- Hereditary Influences
- Multifactorial Disorders
- Environmental Influences
- Genetic Counseling
- Summary Concepts
- PART 2. The Family Before Birth
- 5. Conception and Prenatal Development
- The Family Before Birth
- Gametogenesis
- Conception
- Preembryonic Period
- Embryonic Period
- Fetal Period
- Auxiliary Structures
- Fetal Circulation
- Multifetal Pregnancy
- Summary Concepts
- 6. Adaptations to Pregnancy
- Changes In Body Systems
- Confirmation Of Pregnancy
- Psychosocial Adaptations To Pregnancy
- Psychological Responses
- Parental Role Transition
- Partner Adaptation To Pregnancy
- Adaptation Of Grandparents
- Adaptation Of Siblings
- Factors Influencing Psychosocial Adaptations
- Summary Concepts
- 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education
- Antepartum Assessment and Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Family Responses to Physical Changes of Pregnancy
- Application of the Nursing Process: Psychosocial Concerns
- Perinatal Education Classes
- Summary Concepts
- 8. Nutrition for Childbearing
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Nutritional Requirements
- Factors Influencing Nutrition
- Nutritional Risk Factors
- Nutrition After Birth
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Nutrition For Childbearing
- Summary Concepts
- 9. Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Assessment During the Antepartum Period
- General Concepts in Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
- Ultrasound
- Prenatal Screening Tests
- Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
- Antepartum Fetal Testing
- Summary Concepts
- 10. Complications of Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Concurrent Conditions
- 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
- Adolescent Pregnancy
- Application Of The Nursing Process: The Pregnant Teenager
- Delayed Pregnancy
- Substance Use
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Maternal Substance Use
- Antepartum Period
- Intrapartum Period
- Postpartum Period
- Birth Of An Infant With Congenital Anomalies
- Perinatal Loss
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Pregnancy Loss
- Adoption
- Surrogacy
- Perinatal Psychological Complications
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Perinatal Psychological Complications
- Summary Concepts
- PART 3. The Family During Birth
- 12. Processes of Birth
- Physiologic Effects of the Labor Process
- Components of the Birth Process
- Normal Labor
- Labor Mechanisms
- The Impact of Technology
- Summary Concepts
- 13. Pain Management During Childbirth
- Unique Nature Of Pain During Birth
- Adverse Effects Of Excessive Pain
- Variables In Childbirth Pain
- Standards For Pain Management
- Nonpharmacologic Pain Management
- Pharmacologic Pain Management
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Pain Management
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Respiratory Compromise
- Summary Concepts
- 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
- Fetal Oxygenation
- Factors Influencing Fetal Heart Rate Regulation
- Fetal Heart Monitoring and Uterine Activity Instrumentation
- Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation
- Uterine Activity
- Standardized Intrapartum Interpretation and Management
- Assessment Frequency and Documentation
- Health Information Technology in Obstetrics
- Fetal Monitoring Education and Competency
- Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance and Shared Decision-Making
- Application of the Nursing Process: Client Teaching With Lack of Knowledge
- Application of the Nursing Process: Oxygenation
- Summary Concepts
- 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth
- Admission to the Birth Facility
- Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: Prevent Injury
- Alterations in the Labor Process
- Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth
- Alterations in the Birth Process
- Nursing Care After Birth
- Summary Concepts
- 16. Intrapartum Complications
- Dysfunctional Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: During Dysfunctional Labor
- Possible Intrauterine Infection
- Exhaustion
- Premature Rupture of the Membranes
- Preterm Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: Preterm Labor
- Psychosocial Concerns
- Management of Home Care
- Postterm Pregnancy
- Intrapartum Emergencies
- Application of the Nursing Process: Intrapartum Emergencies
- Summary Concepts
- PART 4. The Family Following Birth
- 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care
- Physiologic Changes
- Nursing Care of the Postpartum Family
- Application of the Nursing Process: Knowledge of Self-Care
- Postpartum Discharge and Community-Based Care
- Psychosocial Adaptations
- Application of the Nursing Process: Maternal Adaptation
- Application of the Nursing Process: Family Adaptation
- Summary Concepts
- 18. Postpartum Complications
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Client With Excessive Bleeding
- Thromboembolic Disorders
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Client with Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Puerperal Infection
- Application of the Nursing Process: Infection
- Summary Concepts
- 19. Critical Care Obstetrics
- Introduction
- Maternal Mortality
- Severe Maternal Morbidity
- Early Warning Signs
- Maternal Levels Of Care
- Collaboration
- Fetal/Newborn Implications
- Nursing Role
- Critical Illness In Pregnancy
- Hypovolemic Shock
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Sepsis
- Amniotic Fluid Embolus/Anaphylactoid Syndrome Of Pregnancy
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Trauma
- Cardiac Arrest
- Pulmonary Edema
- Cardiovascular Disease In Pregnancy
- Summary Concepts
- 20. Newborn: Processes of Adaptation
- Initiation Of Respirations
- Cardiovascular Adaptation: Transition From Fetal To Neonatal Circulation
- Neurologic Adaptation: Thermoregulation
- Hematologic Adaptation
- Gastrointestinal System
- Hepatic System
- Urinary System
- Immune System
- Psychosocial Adaptation
- Summary Concepts
- 21. Assessment of the Newborn
- Early Focused Assessments
- Assessment Of Body Systems
- Assessment Of Gestational Age
- Assessment Of Behavior
- Summary Concepts
- 22. Care of the Newborn
- Inpatient Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Cardiorespiratory Status
- Application of the Nursing Process: Thermoregulation
- Application of the Nursing Process: Blood Glucose
- Application of the Nursing Process: Bilirubin
- Ongoing Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Parents’ Knowledge of Newborn Care
- Discharge and Newborn Follow-Up Care
- Home Care of the Infant
- Infant Equipment
- Early Problems
- Common Questions and Concerns
- Summary Concepts
- 23. Infant Feeding
- Nutritional Needs of the Newborn
- Breast Milk and Formula Composition
- Nursing Education and Support in Choosing a Feeding Method
- Breastfeeding
- Application of the Nursing Process: Breastfeeding
- Common Breastfeeding Concerns
- Formula Feeding
- Application of the Nursing Process: Formula Feeding
- Summary Concepts
- 24. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development
- Care Of High-Risk Newborns
- Preterm Infants
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Environmentally Caused Stress
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Nutrition
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Parenting
- Common Complications Of Preterm Infants
- Late Preterm Infants
- Postterm Infants
- Small-For-Gestational-Age Infants
- Large-For-Gestational-Age Infants
- Summary Concepts
- 25. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
- Respiratory Complications
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Hyperbilirubinemia
- Infection
- Infant Of A Diabetic Mother
- Polycythemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Prenatal Drug Exposure
- Phenylketonuria
- Congenital Anomalies
- Congenital Cardiac Defects
- Summary Concepts
- PART 5. Women’s Health Care
- 26. Family Planning
- Information About Contraception
- Considerations when Choosing a Contraceptive Method
- Adolescents and Contraception
- Contraception Use in Perimenopausal Clients
- Methods of Contraception
- Application of the Nursing Process: Choosing a Contraceptive Method
- Summary Concepts
- 27. Infertility
- Extent Of Infertility
- Factors Contributing To Infertility
- Evaluation Of Infertility
- Therapies To Facilitate Pregnancy
- Emotional Responses To Infertility
- Outcomes After Infertility Therapy
- Application Of The Nursing Process: Care Of The Infertile Couple
- Summary Concepts
- 28. Women’s Health
- Preventive Health Care
- National Emphasis on Women’s Health
- Health Maintenance
- Screening and Self-Examinations
- Women’s Health Problems
- Disorders of the Breast
- Menstrual Cycle Disorders
- Abortion
- Menopause
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Disorders of the Reproductive Tract
- Infectious Disorders of the Reproductive Tract
- Application of the Nursing Process: Promoting Reproductive System Health
- Summary Concepts
- Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check
- Appendix B. Answers to Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 928
- Language: English
- Edition: 8
- Published: October 6, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- formats.Other ISBN: 9780443111594
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323827386
- eBook ISBN: 9780323836852
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Sharon Smith Murray
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CaliforniaEM
Emily Slone McKinney
Affiliations and expertise
Baylor Healthcare System, Dallas, TexasKH
Karen Holub
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Baylor University, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Dallas, TexasRJ
Renee Jones
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Clinical Professor, Baylor University, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Dallas, TexasKS
Kristin L. Scheffer
Affiliations and expertise
Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Labor & Delivery | High-Risk Antepartum, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas