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Maternity and Women's Health Care

  • 11th Edition - October 30, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, Shannon E. Perry, Kathryn Rhodes Alden
  • Language: English

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The #1 maternity book in the market is getting even better. Maternity and Women's Health Care, 11th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Not only does this text emphasize childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. Boasting new medication alerts and updated content throughout, this edition covers the new maternal levels of care, and the revised AAP policy on breastfeeding and infant sleep.

Key features

  • Expert authors of the market-leading
    •  maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content.
  • Clinical reasoning case studies provide you with opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and to apply knowledge in various settings.
  • Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.
  • Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of patients from various cultures when providing care.
  • Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations.
  • Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs and concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.
  • Medication guides provide an important reference of drugs and their interactions.
  • Nursing care plans include rationales for interventions and provide you with an overview of, and specific guidelines for, delivering effective nursing care.
  • Safety alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.
  • Signs of potential complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide.
  • Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to patients and families for follow-up care.

Table of contents

Unit One: Introduction to Maternity & Women’s Health Care

1. 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing

2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

3. Nursing and Genomics
Unit Two: Women’s Health

4. Assessment and Health Promotion

5. Violence Against Women

6. Reproductive System Concerns

7. Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections

8. Contraception and Abortion

9. Infertility

10. Breast Disorders and Neoplasms

11. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System
Unit Three: Pregnancy

12. Conception and Fetal Development

13. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

14. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy

15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
Unit Four: Childbirth

16. Labor and Birth Processes

17. Pain Management

18. Fetal Assessment During Labor

19. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
Unit Five: Postpartum

20. Postpartum Physiologic Changes

21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period

22. Transition to Parenthood
Unit Six: Newborn

23. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn

24. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family

25. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
Unit Seven: Complications of Pregnancy

26. High Risk Pregnancy Assessment

27. Hypertensive Disorders

28. Hemorrhagic Disorders in Pregnancy

29. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

30. Medical-Surgical Disorders

31. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse

32. Labor and Birth Complications

33. Postpartum Complications

34. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn and Family
Unit Eight: Newborn Complications

35. Acquired Problems of the Newborn

36. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies

37. Perinatal Loss and Grief
Glossary

Product details

  • Edition: 11
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 18, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

DL

Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

KC

Kitty Cashion

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

SP

Shannon E. Perry

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA

KA

Kathryn Rhodes Alden

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA