Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show 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. This edition reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare students for the NCLEX® exam!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors and Reviewers - p. v 6. Dedication - p. vii 7. Preface - p. viii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xii 9. Part I. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families - p. xii 10. 1. Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today - p. 1 11. 2. Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues - p. 19 12. 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology - p. 45 13. 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing - p. 60 14. Psart II. The Family Before Birth - p. 77 15. 5. Conception and Prenatal Development - p. 78 16. 6. Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy - p. 100 17. 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education - p. 127 18. 8. Nutrition for Childbearing - p. 154 19. 9. Assessing the Fetus - p. 178 20. 10. Complications of Pregnancy - p. 200 21. Pregnancy Complications - p. 200 22. Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Early Pregnancy - p. 206 23. Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy - p. 208 24. Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy - p. 211 25. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - p. 213 26. Hyperemesis Gravidarum - p. 214 27. Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy - p. 215 28. Application of the Nursing Process: Preeclampsia - p. 225 29. Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets Syndrome - p. 228 30. Chronic Hypertension - p. 229 31. Incompatibility Between Maternal and Fetal Blood - p. 230 32. Concurrent Conditions - p. 232 33. Diabetes Mellitus - p. 232 34. Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Diabetes Mellitus - p. 240 35. Cardiac Disease - p. 242 36. Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Heart Disease - p. 248 37. Obesity - p. 249 38. Anemias - p. 251 39. Other Medical Conditions - p. 253 40. Infections During Pregnancy - p. 256 41. Summary Concepts - p. 265 42. 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs - p. 271 43. Part III. The Family During Birth - p. 297 44. 12. Processes of Birth - p. 298 45. 13. Pain Management During Childbirth - p. 320 46. 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance - p. 347 47. 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth - p. 373 48. Admission to the Birth Facility - p. 373 49. Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor - p. 389 50. Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor - p. 390 51. Fetal Oxygenation - p. 390 52. Discomfort - p. 390 53. Prevent Injury - p. 398 54. Alterations in Normal Labor - p. 402 55. Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth - p. 410 56. Nursing Care After Birth - p. 420 57. Summary Concepts - p. 423 58. 16. Intrapartum Complications - p. 426 59. Part IV. The Family Following Birth - p. 457 60. 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care - p. 458 61. 18. Postpartum Maternal Complications - p. 495 62. 19. Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation - p. 517 63. 20. Assessment of the Normal Newborn - p. 534 64. 21. Care of the Normal Newborn - p. 569 65. 22. Infant Feeding - p. 606 66. 23. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development - p. 633 67. 24. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions - p. 666 68. Part V. Women’s Health Care - p. 692 69. 25. Family Planning - p. 693 70. 26. Infertility - p. 718 71. 27. Women’s Health - p. 737 72. Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check - p. 777 73. Appendix B. Answers to Critical Thinking Exercises - p. 809 74. Index - p. 825 75. Specialty Maternal-Newborn Abbreviations - p. 851
Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show 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. This edition reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare students for the NCLEX® exam!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors and Reviewers - p. v 6. Dedication - p. vii 7. Preface - p. viii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xii 9. Part I. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families - p. xii 10. 1. Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today - p. 1 11. 2. Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues - p. 19 12. 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology - p. 45 13. 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing - p. 60 14. Psart II. The Family Before Birth - p. 77 15. 5. Conception and Prenatal Development - p. 78 16. 6. Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy - p. 100 17. 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education - p. 127 18. 8. Nutrition for Childbearing - p. 154 19. 9. Assessing the Fetus - p. 178 20. 10. Complications of Pregnancy - p. 200 21. Pregnancy Complications - p. 200 22. Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Early Pregnancy - p. 206 23. Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy - p. 208 24. Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy - p. 211 25. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - p. 213 26. Hyperemesis Gravidarum - p. 214 27. Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy - p. 215 28. Application of the Nursing Process: Preeclampsia - p. 225 29. Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets Syndrome - p. 228 30. Chronic Hypertension - p. 229 31. Incompatibility Between Maternal and Fetal Blood - p. 230 32. Concurrent Conditions - p. 232 33. Diabetes Mellitus - p. 232 34. Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Diabetes Mellitus - p. 240 35. Cardiac Disease - p. 242 36. Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Heart Disease - p. 248 37. Obesity - p. 249 38. Anemias - p. 251 39. Other Medical Conditions - p. 253 40. Infections During Pregnancy - p. 256 41. Summary Concepts - p. 265 42. 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs - p. 271 43. Part III. The Family During Birth - p. 297 44. 12. Processes of Birth - p. 298 45. 13. Pain Management During Childbirth - p. 320 46. 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance - p. 347 47. 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth - p. 373 48. Admission to the Birth Facility - p. 373 49. Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor - p. 389 50. Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor - p. 390 51. Fetal Oxygenation - p. 390 52. Discomfort - p. 390 53. Prevent Injury - p. 398 54. Alterations in Normal Labor - p. 402 55. Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth - p. 410 56. Nursing Care After Birth - p. 420 57. Summary Concepts - p. 423 58. 16. Intrapartum Complications - p. 426 59. Part IV. The Family Following Birth - p. 457 60. 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care - p. 458 61. 18. Postpartum Maternal Complications - p. 495 62. 19. Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation - p. 517 63. 20. Assessment of the Normal Newborn - p. 534 64. 21. Care of the Normal Newborn - p. 569 65. 22. Infant Feeding - p. 606 66. 23. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development - p. 633 67. 24. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions - p. 666 68. Part V. Women’s Health Care - p. 692 69. 25. Family Planning - p. 693 70. 26. Infertility - p. 718 71. 27. Women’s Health - p. 737 72. Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check - p. 777 73. Appendix B. Answers to Critical Thinking Exercises - p. 809 74. Index - p. 825 75. Specialty Maternal-Newborn Abbreviations - p. 851
