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Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring

A Multidisciplinary Approach

  • 8th Edition - March 15, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Lisa A. Miller, David A. Miller, Rebecca L. Cypher
  • Language: English

Authored by a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 8th Edition is an evidence-based resource… Read more

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Description

Authored by a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 8th Edition is an evidence-based resource on fetal heart rate monitoring for all clinicians — whether you are a nurse, a physician or a midwife, a student or an instructor, this guide has information crucial to your practice. Designed specifically for the clinical environment, it provides a single source for interpretation and management of electronic fetal monitoring – in labor and delivery, the intensive care unit, inpatient antepartum units, or the obstetric or midwifery office

Key features

  • Pocket-sized, two-color design offers portability and easy access to information.
  • Descriptions of the relationship between fetal heart rate and fetal acidemia alert you to important considerations in the care of the laboring patient.
  • Patient safety and risk management strategies with case study illustrations and legal commentary include guidelines for providing safe and competent care.
  • Coverage of innovative practices supports a culture of patient safety and improved quality outcomes in high-reliability perinatal units addressing:
    • Use of a common language for fetal heart rate patterns with a common construct for interpretation
    • Emergency preparedness (multidisciplinary mock emergencies, simulations, debriefing after critical events, and exemplary practice)
    • Human factor issues (step-by-step process to improve communication, situational awareness, no-fault/just culture, teamwork, and collegiality)
  • Selected FHR Tracings and Cases: Interpretation and Documentation appendix provides an important reference tool for all clinicians.
  • Expert author team with international presence.

Table of contents

1. A Brief History of Fetal Monitoring

2. Physiologic Basis for Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring

3. Methods and Instrumentation

4. Uterine Activity Evaluation and Management

5. Pattern Recognition and Interpretation

6. Intrapartum Management of the Fetal Heart Rate Tracing

7. Influence of Gestational Age on Fetal Heart Rate

8. Fetal Assessment in Non-Obstetric Settings

9. Antepartum Fetal Assessment

10. Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Documentation

11. Obstetric Models and Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Europe
Appendix A: Amnioinfusion
Appendix B: Instructions for Reviewing Appendix B FHR Tracings
Appendix C: Self-assessment with answer key
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 8, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

LM

Lisa A. Miller

Affiliations and expertise
President, Perinatal Risk Management and Education Services, USA

DM

David A. Miller

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Pediatrics Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine Children's Hospital Los Angeles Director, USC-CHLA Fetal Maternal Center Los Angeles, California, USA

RC

Rebecca L. Cypher

Affiliations and expertise
Perinatal Nurse Practitioner Founder, Cypher Maternal Fetal Solutions, LLC Gig Harbor, Washington, USA