Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show you how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making. Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX© in the text help you prepare for the exam.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Reviewers - p. vii 7. Dedication - p. viii 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xii 10. PART 1. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families - p. P1 11. 1. Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process - p. 1 12. 2. Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues - p. 12 13. 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology - p. 42 14. 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing - p. 57 15. PART 2. The Family Before Birth - p. P2 16. 5. Conception and Prenatal Development - p. 73 17. 6. Adaptations to Pregnancy - p. 95 18. 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education - p. 122 19. 8. Nutrition for Childbearing - p. 146 20. 9. Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Assessment During the Antepartum Period - p. 175 21. 10. Complications of Pregnancy - p. 207 22. Pregnancy Complications - p. 207 23. Concurrent Conditions - p. 236 24. 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs - p. 269 25. PART 3. The Family During Birth - p. P3 26. 12. Processes of Birth - p. 298 27. 13. Pain Management During Childbirth - p. 319 28. 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance - p. 350 29. 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth - p. 387 30. Admission to the Birth Facility - p. 387 31. Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor - p. 397 32. Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor - p. 397 33. Application of the Nursing Process: Prevent Injury - p. 407 34. Alterations in the Labor Process - p. 412 35. Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth - p. 420 36. Alterations in the Birth Process - p. 421 37. Nursing Care After Birth - p. 430 38. Summary Concepts - p. 434 39. 16. Intrapartum Complications - p. 438 40. PART 4. The Family Following Birth - p. P4 41. 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care - p. 469 42. 18. Postpartum Complications - p. 505 43. 19. Critical Care Obstetrics - p. 526 44. 20. Newborn: Processes of Adaptation - p. 553 45. 21. Assessment of the Newborn - p. 572 46. 22. Care of the Newborn - p. 606 47. 23. Infant Feeding - p. 643 48. 24. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development - p. 673 49. 25. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions - p. 706 50. PART 5. Women’s Health Care - p. P5 51. 26. Family Planning - p. 732 52. 27. Infertility - p. 757 53. 28. Women’s Health - p. 776 54. Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check - p. 812 55. Appendix B. Answers to Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions - p. 847 56. Glossary - p. 866 57. Index - p. 874
Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show you how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making. Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX© in the text help you prepare for the exam.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Reviewers - p. vii 7. Dedication - p. viii 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xii 10. PART 1. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families - p. P1 11. 1. Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process - p. 1 12. 2. Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues - p. 12 13. 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology - p. 42 14. 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing - p. 57 15. PART 2. The Family Before Birth - p. P2 16. 5. Conception and Prenatal Development - p. 73 17. 6. Adaptations to Pregnancy - p. 95 18. 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education - p. 122 19. 8. Nutrition for Childbearing - p. 146 20. 9. Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Assessment During the Antepartum Period - p. 175 21. 10. Complications of Pregnancy - p. 207 22. Pregnancy Complications - p. 207 23. Concurrent Conditions - p. 236 24. 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs - p. 269 25. PART 3. The Family During Birth - p. P3 26. 12. Processes of Birth - p. 298 27. 13. Pain Management During Childbirth - p. 319 28. 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance - p. 350 29. 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth - p. 387 30. Admission to the Birth Facility - p. 387 31. Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor - p. 397 32. Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor - p. 397 33. Application of the Nursing Process: Prevent Injury - p. 407 34. Alterations in the Labor Process - p. 412 35. Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth - p. 420 36. Alterations in the Birth Process - p. 421 37. Nursing Care After Birth - p. 430 38. Summary Concepts - p. 434 39. 16. Intrapartum Complications - p. 438 40. PART 4. The Family Following Birth - p. P4 41. 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care - p. 469 42. 18. Postpartum Complications - p. 505 43. 19. Critical Care Obstetrics - p. 526 44. 20. Newborn: Processes of Adaptation - p. 553 45. 21. Assessment of the Newborn - p. 572 46. 22. Care of the Newborn - p. 606 47. 23. Infant Feeding - p. 643 48. 24. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development - p. 673 49. 25. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions - p. 706 50. PART 5. Women’s Health Care - p. P5 51. 26. Family Planning - p. 732 52. 27. Infertility - p. 757 53. 28. Women’s Health - p. 776 54. Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check - p. 812 55. Appendix B. Answers to Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Questions - p. 847 56. Glossary - p. 866 57. Index - p. 874
