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Books in Maternity and womens health

  • Mosby’s® Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring

    • 10th Edition
    • February 12, 2026
    • Lisa A. Miller + 2 more
    • English
    Find real-world, clinically useful information on all aspects of electronic fetal monitoring! Authored by a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 10th 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.
  • 55 Fälle Hebammenwissenschaft

    Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Wochenbett und Stillzeit
    • 1st Edition
    • December 17, 2025
    • Inga Petrovic + 2 more
    • German
    Dieses Buch für Studierende der Hebammenwissenschaft und examinierte Hebammen begleitet die Umsetzung von theoretischen Lehrinhalten in die Praxis. Fallorientiertes Lernen bereitet auf die Staatliche Prüfung nach §24 des Hebammengesetzes (HebG) wie auch auf den späteren Berufsstart vor. Bereits erlerntes Grundwissen wird durch didaktisch ausgewogene Fragen von neuen Blickwinkeln beleuchtet und damit nachhaltig vertieft.55 praxisorientierte Fälle zur:Übertragung von theoretischem Wissen in die tägliche PraxisBeispielhaften Darlegung von physiologischen Prozessen & Identifikation von Risiken und RegelwidrigkeitenRef... des eigenen Handels und dem Erwerb neuer wissenschaftsbasiert... KenntnisseMit dieser Sammlung der wichtigsten und typischsten Fälle aus den Bereichen Schwangerschaft, Geburtshilfe, Wochenbett und Stillzeit kann ein fall- und problemorientiertes Vorgehen trainiert werden. Ausführliche Lösungsvorschläge zu den einzelnen Fragen ergänzen das Angebot und ermöglichen einen fundierten Wissenserwerb.
  • Guía de enfermería obstétrica y ginecológica

    • 1st Edition
    • March 14, 2025
    • Eva Manuela Cotobal Calvo
    • Spanish
    Esta guía ofrece todo lo que deben saber sobre la obstetricia y la ginecología actuales los alumnos del grado de Enfermería, en concreto para el estudio la asignatura de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, así como los residentes en esta especialidad. Asimismo, es una herramienta de consulta y apoyo para las matronas y el resto de los profesionales implicados en la atención enfermera obstétrica-ginecológ... Su contenido, totalmente adaptado al plan de estudios vigente, recoge toda la información relacionada con la salud de la mujer a lo largo del ciclo vital. Se estructura en 18 capítulos ordenados en tres partes: “Introducción a la salud sexual y reproductiva” que abarca la salud sexual y reproductiva; la embriología y la reproducción, y la anatomía y la fisiología del aparato reproductor; “Obstetricia” que comprende el embarazo y sus alteraciones; el parto y el puerperio; la lactancia materna y la alimentación del recién nacido, y el contacto piel con piel y los cuidados del recién nacido sano; y “Ginecología” que cubre la consulta ginecológica; el inicio de la vida fértil y la planificación familiar; las disfunciones reproductivas; las infecciones de transmisión sexual y del tracto genital; el cáncer ginecológico, y el climaterio. Las numerosas y prácticas ilustraciones, fotografías, tablas y cuadros ayudan a sintetizar el contenido, y a facilitar la lectura y la búsqueda de información. La obra finaliza con una provechosa relación de lecturas recomendadas y un exhaustivo índice alfabético de materias.
  • Study Guide for Leifer's Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

    • 10th Edition
    • January 17, 2025
    • Kim Cooper + 1 more
    • English
    Reinforce your understanding of maternity and pediatric nursing with this practical study guide! With chapters corresponding to Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition, this workbook provides a variety of exercises and activities to help you review concepts and apply them to patient care. Case studies include questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, allowing you to practice critical thinking and build skills in clinical judgment. Updated with questions on new methods and treatment, this study guide helps you prepare for success on your licensure examination and in nursing practice.Answer Key is only available through instructors
  • Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

    • 10th Edition
    • December 11, 2024
    • Kim Cooper + 1 more
    • English
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Maternal–Child/Neona... Nursing, 2025**Build the clinical judgment skills you need to provide quality care for maternity and pediatric patients! Clear and easy to read, Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, Tenth Edition describes how you can provide effective, evidence-based care for women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, and for newborns and growing children. The text spans the continuum of child development, making it easy to locate information by organizing topics from simple to complex and from health to illness. Another hallmark of the book is its strong focus on family-centered care, health promotion, and illness prevention. From nursing educators Kim Cooper and Kelly Gosnell, this bestselling text helps you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® Exam and for the expanding role of the nurse in today’s healthcare practice.
  • Pharmacology in Midwifery

    • 1st Edition
    • June 1, 2024
    • Roslyn Donnellan - Fernandez + 4 more
    • English
    Pharmacology in Midwifery has been written specifically for midwives in Australia and New Zealand and focuses on medications and their management – a core subject of the nursing curriculum and an integral part of practice.Written by highly respected experts in both pharmacology and midwifery, the textbook takes the reader through essential information about drugs and their therapeutic effects. It then explores pharmacology in the midwifery scope of practice, considering pregnancy, labour, birth, the postpartum period and neonatal care, both for normal and low risk pregnancies and women with complex needs.This book is a useful foundation text for midwifery students as well as for practising midwives wishing to refresh or augment their skills as prescribers.
  • Physiology in Childbearing

    With Anatomy and Related Biosciences
    • 5th Edition
    • March 26, 2024
    • Jean Rankin
    • English
    With its straightforward writing style and extraordinary breadth of content, Physiology in Childbearing: With Anatomy and Related Biosciences, Fifth Edition is an ideal textbook for students of midwifery wanting to master the physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, the neonate and breastfeeding.This popular book has been fully updated to incorporate new knowledge and guidelines, and has a stronger focus on diversity. It covers basic biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics and fertility, as well as embryology and fetal growth, the physiology of pregnancy, and complications of labour. It then goes on to examine the neonate, infant feeding and bio-behavioural aspects of parenting.The complexities of this fundamental topic area are explained with boxes of key points, full colour diagrams and images, and tips on applying content to practice, making this book a must-have for students and practising midwives alike.
  • Principles and Practices of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing I and II

    • 1st Edition
    • July 26, 2023
    • Sudha A. Raddi + 1 more
    • English
    This is a comprehensive textbook of Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing I and II that offers complete information about normal and abnormal midwifery and gynaecology, along with high-risk labour, pregnancy and newborn care. The textbook provides evidence-based information to undergraduate nursing students; it helps them to prepare how to provide preventive and promotive care to mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labour and postpartum period and to assist mothers and newborns with various complications and gynaecological disorders. It follows the revised competency-based curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) and includes both theory and practical content related to the subject, which lays a strong foundation for higher education.
  • Study Guide for Maternity & Women's Health Care

    • 13th Edition
    • July 6, 2023
    • Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk + 4 more
    • English
    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 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.
  • Mayes' Midwifery

    • 16th Edition
    • May 23, 2023
    • Sue Macdonald + 1 more
    • English
    Mayes’ Midwifery is a core text for students in the UK, known and loved for its in-depth approach and its close alignment with curricula and practice in this country. The sixteenth edition has been fully updated by leading midwifery educators Sue Macdonald and Gail Johnson, and input from several new expert contributors ensures this book remains at the cutting edge.The text covers all the main aspects of midwifery in detail, including the various stages of pregnancy, possible complexities around childbirth, and psychological and social considerations related to women’s health. It provides the most recent evidence along with detailed anatomy and physiology information, and how these translate into practice.Packed full of case studies, reflective activities and images, and accompanied by an ancillary website with 600 multiple choice questions and downloadable images, Mayes’ Midwifery makes learning easy for nursing students entering the profession as well as midwives returning to practice and qualified midwives working in different settings in the UK and overseas.