
Study Guide for Maternity & Women's Health Care
- 13th Edition - July 6, 2023
- Authors: Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Ellen Olshansky, Shannon E. Perry
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 0 2 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 1 8 1 - 1
Corresponding to the chapters in the 13th edition of Lowdermilk's market-leading Maternity and Women's Health Care, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wid… Read more

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Request a sales quoteCorresponding to the chapters in the 13th edition of Lowdermilk's market-leading Maternity and 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 clinical judgment exercises and cases for the Next Generation NCLEX®, multiple-choice and matching questions, and more. Answers are included in the back of the book.
- Chapter review activities reinforce your knowledge of textbook content with fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple-choice, and short-answer questions.
- Perforated pages make it easy to use study guide activities as assignments to be handed in and graded.
- Answer key at the end of the study guide allows you to assess your comprehension of key content.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Reviewer
- Unit One: Introduction to Maternity & Women’s Health Care
- 1: Twenty-First Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 2: Community Care: The Family and Culture
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical judgment & next generation NCLEX® examination-style questions
- 3: Nursing and Genomics
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Two: Women’s Health
- 4: Assessment and Health-Promotion
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 5: Violence Against Women
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 6: Reproductive System Concerns
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 7: Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 8: Contraception and Abortion
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 9: Infertility
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 10: Problems of the Breast
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 11: Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive Systems
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Three: Pregnancy
- 12: Conception and Fetal Development
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 13: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 14: Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 15: Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Four: Childbirth
- 16: Labor and Birth Processes
- I: Reviewing key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 17: Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Person
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 19: Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Five: Postpartum
- 20: Postpartum Physiologic Changes
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III. Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 21: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 22: Transition to Parenthood
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Six: Newborn
- 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 24: Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 25: Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Seven: Complications of Pregnancy
- 26: Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 27: Hypertensive Disorders
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 28: Hemorrhagic Disorders
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key terms
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 30: Medical-Surgical Disorders
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 31: Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 32: Labor and Birth Complications
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 33: Postpartum Complications
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III. Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Unit Eight: Newborn Complications
- 34: Nursing Care of the High-Risk Newborn
- I: Learning key terms
- II: Reviewing key concepts
- III: Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 35: Acquired Problems of the Newborn
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III. Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III. Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- 37: Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief
- I. Learning key terms
- II. Reviewing key concepts
- III. Clinical Judgment & Next Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions
- Answer Key
- Answer key unit I
- Answer key unit II
- Answer key unit III
- Answer key unit IV
- Answer key unit V
- Answer key unit VI
- Answer key unit VII
- Answer key unit VIII
- No. of pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: 13
- Published: July 6, 2023
- Imprint: Mosby
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323810203
- eBook ISBN: 9780323811811
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Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCKC
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, USAKA
Kathryn Rhodes Alden
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCEO
Ellen Olshansky
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing and Founding Director, Program in Nursing Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CaliforniaSP
Shannon E. Perry
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA