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Books : Science : Medicine : Midwifery
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The classic book on home birth! The first section details the experiences of parents and midwives during the birth experience. The second seciton is a technical manual for midwives, nurses, and doctors. Includes information on prenatal care and nutrition, labor, delivery-techniques, care of the new baby, and breast-feeding.
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This portable handbook provides students with a succinct, quick-reference guide for use in the clinical setting. Content is organized by each stage of the childbirth process and includes normal and at risk information. Procedures, tables, photos, and illustrations are integrated throughout. Nursing students and professionals.
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Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa. Extensive textbook for students on maternity and pediatric nursing care essentials. Heavy emphasis on critical thinking. 60 contributors, 59 U.S. DNLM: Maternal-Child Nursing-methods.
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The underlying theme of Maternity & Women's Health Care, 8e is how to take care of a woman of childbearing age in today's society. The book is designed to meet the needs of today's students through a clear, readable writing style and a more focused content presentation. Content carefully integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care. Maternity & Women's Health Care has the most comprehensive coverage of maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing care than any other text on the market.- Incorporates Evidence-Based Practice as summarized in the Cochrane Pregnancy & Childbirth Database, which is a collection of research findings that confirm effective practices or identify practices that have unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects.
- Women's health content provides a thorough understanding of health promotion and disease prevention, common health concerns, and care of common conditions in women throughout the childbearing years.
- Health promotion and prevention is integrated throughout to maintain a focus on wellness.
- Family content is introduced in Chapter 2 and then incorporated in the pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum, and newborn chapters to emphasize the importance of including the family in the continuum of care.
- Emphasizes Care Management throughout by focusing on the use of the nursing process and Nursing Plans of Care and on collaborative care management by other means, such as Care Paths.
- Teaching for Self-Care boxes emphasize guidelines for the client to practice self-care and transfer information from the hospital to the home.
- Thoroughly updated Genetics chapter addresses issues of concern in both obstetrics and women's health and provides new information on genetic transmission, the Human Genome Project, and the role of the nurse in genetics.
- English/Spanish Guidelines boxes provide the student with a handy reference for communicating when teaching clients and families.
- Culture content is integrated throughout to stress the importance of assessing for and understanding cultural variations when providing care.
- Care of the childbearing adolescent is integrated throughout to provide important age related considerations within each corresponding content area.
- Nurse Alert boxes highlight critical information for the nurse.
- Medication Guides offer information about the most common drugs.
- A new chapter, Care of the Newborn at Home, contains information about caring for the newborn at home, including signs of complications, home phototherapy, developmental care, and nutrition and feeding.
- Resources integrated by chapter provide a handy reference for additional study.
- UNIQUE! Marginal icons indicating alternative and complementary therapies content alerts the student to useful information on alternatives to traditional care techniques.
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Dystocia or failure to progress in labor is the main reason for cesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. It describes positions, movements and techniques based on principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology of childbirth.
The Labor Progress Handbook is organized by stage of labor for easy reference, enabling the care giver to quickly identify appropriate low cost, low risk interventions and treat dystocia effectively, at an early stage before it becomes severe. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on assessing progress in labor, together with new sections on managing labor pain, normal labor and additional positions and maneuvers. The rationale for all techniques is included based on the authors' clinical experience and wherever possible on the underlying evidence base.
* New edition of essential resource for anyone caring for women in labor
* Brings Together a wealth of evidence-based information and clinical expertise
* 'Focuses on non-invasive techniques to assist the progress of labor
* Emphasis on maternal comfort, support and safety
* Encourages thoughtful, evidence-based diagnosis and intervention
* Contains clear and simple illustrations, which complement the text
From Reviews:
'The focus of support, position, maternal comfort, and safety is one that should be used by anyone caring for laboring women. It encourages thoughtful diagnosis and intervention in an ordered and sensible manner.'
--Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing (on the first edition)
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Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#251). Textbook for nursing students and practitioners. Previous edition: c1995. Includes a CD-ROM with case studies, questions, vocabulary review and pronunciation guide. Colorful format. Colorful format. DNLM: Maternal-Child Nursing.
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Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#251). Textbook for nursing students and practitioners. Previous edition: c1995. Includes a CD-ROM with case studies, questions, vocabulary review and pronunciation guide. Colorful format. Colorful format. DNLM: Maternal-Child Nursing.
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Co-written by a maternity and pediatrics nursing author team throughly integrates materna-newborn nursing adn pediatric nursing in one since book. Equal focus is placed on community-based and hospital-based care to address the increasing balance between both nursing care settings.
This edition has increased coverage of pain assessment and management, nutrition and health promotion, patient education and communication, research based practice, and assessment as the core of the nursing process. A CD-ROM includes NCLEX-RN practice questions and Critical Thinking in Action videos.
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This classic in the field is the authoritative work on the growing profession of midwifery. The third edition represents more of a rewrite than revision, with over 50% new material. All aspects of the text have been updated to reflect the most current research, information and resources available. A few of the most noticeable changes to the new edition are the integration of all birth settings into the text, the use of the more encompassing word midwife, and the new chapters by contributing authors that reflect the expanded scope of midwifery practice since the last edition. This book is an essential textbook and reference for all those involved in the care of women and the childbearing family.
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Licenses Available: Institutional Single-Seat (for one computer) and Network (network server/multi-user)For product, price and ordering information, call: 1-800-326-1685 (Hospitals/Gvt Accounts/Labs/Health Care Facilities) 1-800-624-8947 (Universities/Colleges) More than 1,000 multiple-choice questions offer an excellent way forstudents to thoroughly prepare for NCLEX and other tough exams and provide an innovative way for practicing nurses to gain professional certification. Includes rationales for correct and incorrect answers, three intriguing games that eliminate study boredom, helpful hints that build confidence and critical-thinking skills, and more. Topics cover the reproductive system, family planning, genetics, antepartum and high-risk antepartum care, intrapartum and high-risk intrapartum care, postpartum care, and neonatal and high-risk neonatal care. Includes a 16-page booklet. Call 1-800-326-1685 for Hosp/Govt/HealthCare, 1-800-399-3110 Univ./Colleges
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B. Saunders. Comprehensive textbook for nursing students on maternal-child nursing. Provides step-by-step instruction in assessments and interventions. Full-color and halftone illustrations, tables, and highlights.
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This clinical reference, co-published with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), examines the care and needs of childbearing women and neonates. A wide range of topics are covered including issues of professional development, continuing education, standards of care, legal considerations and professional organizations. A family-centered approach to perinatal nursing is provided and the various aspects and ramifications of different care delivery systems such as case management, critical pathways and collaborative practice are explored. Other topics include physiologic changes and psychosocial adaption in pregnancy, fetal monitoring, normal childbirth, care of the postpartum woman and newborn, assessment and care, obstetrical and neonatal complications, and loss and bereavement. Sample protocols, clinical pathways and numerous examples of documentation forms are also presented.
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Presents case studies utilizing the eight level lactation consulting process for managing complex breastfeeding cases. Discusses assessment of problems, reconciling problems, family relationships, and connecting with women. Features color photos and halftone charts and graphs. Softcover.
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Easy-to-read outline review format offers study aids in two ways: interior outline delivers key facts on the subject; exterior column provides only the most crucial content for quickest review! Special features in each chapter make information accessible and easy to remember. This learning tool 'supplement' is designed to enhance understanding and improve test scores and final grades.
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A Davis's Notes book. OB Peds Women's Health Notes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide provides students and clinicians quick access to detailed information in OB/Women's Health and pediatric clinical practice. It will help not only with situations for which there has been no preparation but also as a quick review for newly learned patient care information. The focus will be on key issues with brief inclusion of supporting theories such as those related to growth and development and patient teaching.
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University of South Carolina, Charleston. Programmed workbook for hospital staff nurses in the intrapatal setting. 13 contributors, 12 U.S. DNLM: Neonatal Nursing - programmed instruction.