Maternity & women's health care / Maternity and women's health care [edited by] Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk [and others]. - 10th ed. - St. Louis, MO : Mosby, ©2012. - xix, 1001 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

21st century maternity and women's health nursing -- Community care: the family and culture -- Clinical genetics -- Assessment and health promotion -- Violence against women -- Reproductive system concerns -- Sexually transmitted and other infections -- Contraception and abortion -- Infertility -- Problems of the breast -- Structural disorders and neoplasms of the reproductive system -- Conception and fetal development -- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy -- Maternal and fetal nutrition -- Nursing care of the family during pregnancy -- Labor and birth processes -- Pain management -- Fetal assessment during labor -- Nursing care of the family during labor and birth -- Postpartum physiology -- Nursing care of the family during the postpartum period -- Transition to parenthood -- Physiologic and behavioral adaptations of the newborn -- Nursing care of the newborn and family -- Newborn nutrition and feeding -- Assessment for risk factors in pregnancy -- Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy -- Antepartum hemorrhagic disorders -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders in pregnancy -- Medical-surgical problems in pregnancy -- Obstetric critical care -- Mental health disorders and substance abuse in pregnancy -- Labor and birth complications -- Postpartum complications -- Acquired problems of the newborn -- Hemolytic disorders and congenital anomalies -- Nursing care of the high risk newborn -- Perinatal loss and grief -- Glossary.

Provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In describing the continuum of care, this title integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care.

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Maternity nursing.
Gynecologic nursing.
Women's health services.
Women--Health and hygiene.
Maternal-Child Nursing
Genital Diseases, Female--nursing
Neonatal Nursing--methods
Obstetric Nursing--methods
Pregnancy Complications--nursing
Women's Health
Obstetric Nursing
Soins infirmiers en obstétrique.
Soins infirmiers en gynécologie.
Soins infirmiers mère-enfant.
Femmes--Santé et hygiène.
Women--Health and hygiene.
Gynecologic nursing.
Maternity nursing.
Women's health services.


Study Guide

RG951 / .M318 2012

618.1/0231

2011 E-468 WY 157.3 / M42655 2012