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Study Guide for Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

  • 7th Edition - February 14, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sharon Smith Murray, Emily Slone McKinney
  • Language: English

Learn to master maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. Designed to accompany Murray's Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition, this wo… Read more

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Learn to master maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. Designed to accompany Murray's Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition, this workbook study guide gives you an in-depth understanding of the material from each chapter in the text. Learning activities and case studies encourage critical thought, and simulated patient situations give you practice applying what you’ve learned to the NCLEX® exam and clinical practice.

Key features

  • Check yourself multiple-choice questions provide opportunity to prepare for NCLEX® examination
  • Clinical case studies encourage critical thinking for you to interpret information and select appropriate nursing actions
  • Learning activities help you master the content in their textbook and include: matching terms, medical therapy descriptions, nursing measures and their rationales, and labelling illustrations exercises
  • Developing insight suggested learning activities direct you to develop knowledge and interpret information gathered in cultural and community settings
  • Perforated book pages allow you to utilize the study guide for graded assignments

Table of contents

PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR NURSING CARE OF THE CHILDBEARING FAMILIES

1. Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today

2. Social, Ethical and Legal Issues

3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology

4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing

PART II: THE FAMILY BEFORE BIRTH

5. Conception and Prenatal Development

6. Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy

7. Antepartum Assessment, Care and Education

8. Nutrition for Childbearing

9. Assessing the Fetus: Prenatal Screening and Diagnostic Testing and Antepartum Fetal Testing

10. Complications of Pregnancy

11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs

PART III: THE FAMILY DURING BIRTH

12. Processes of Birth

13. Pain management during Childbirth

14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth

16. Intrapartum Complications

PART IV: THE FAMILY FOLLOWING BIRTH

17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care

18. Postpartum Maternal Complications

19. Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation

20. Assessment of the Normal Newborn

21. Care of the Normal Newborn

22. Infant Feeding

23. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development

24. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions

PART VI: WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE

25. Family Planning

26. Infertility

27. Women’s Health

Answers to Selected Questions

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 20, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

SM

Sharon Smith Murray

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California, USA

EM

Emily Slone McKinney

Affiliations and expertise
Baylor Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas, USA