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Study Guide for Maternity & Women's Health Care

  • 12th Edition - May 1, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Shannon E. Perry
  • Language: English

Corresponding to the chapters in the 12th edition of Lowdermilk's market-leading Maternity & Women's Health Care, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wid… Read more

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Corresponding to the chapters in the 12th edition of Lowdermilk's market-leading Maternity & Women's Health Care, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wide range of activities to help you understand key nursing concepts and apply your knowledge. It includes critical thinking exercises, multiple-choice and matching questions, and more; answers are included in the back of the book.

Key features

  • Chapter review activities assess your understanding of the content with fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions
  • Critical thinking case studies require you to apply the concepts found in the text chapters to solve problems, make decisions concerning care management, and provide responses to patient questions and concerns
  • Answer key contains answers to all questions and is located at the end of the book

Table of contents

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

2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

3. Nursing and Genomics

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. Problems of the Breast

11. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System

12. Conception and Fetal Development

13. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

14. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy

15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

16. Labor and Birth Processes

17. Maximizing Comfort For The Laboring Woman

18. Fetal Assessment During Labor

19. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth

20. Postpartum Physiologic Changes

21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period

22. Transition to Parenthood

23. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn

24. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family

25. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

26. Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy

27. Hypertensive Disorders

28. Hemorrhagic Disorders

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

35. Acquired Problems of the Newborn

36. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies

37. Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief

Product details

  • Edition: 12
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 11, 2019
  • 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

KA

Kathryn Rhodes Alden

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

SP

Shannon E. Perry

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