Foundations of maternal-newborn and women's health nursing

PART 1: Foundations for nursing care of childbearing families -- Clinical judgment and the nursing process -- Social, cultural, and ethical issues -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Hereditary and environmental influences on childbearing -- PART 2: The family before birth conception and prenatal development -- Adaptations to pregnancy -- Antepartum assessment, care, and education -- Nutrition for childbearing -- Prenatal diagnosis and fetal assessment during the antepartum period -- Complications of pregnancy -- The childbearing family with special needs -- PART 3: The family during birth -- Processes of birth -- Pain management during childbirth -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Nursing care during labor and birth -- Intrapartum complications -- PART 4: The family following birth -- Postpartum adaptations and nursing care -- Postpartum complications -- Critical care obstetrics -- Newborn: processes of adaptation -- Assessment of the newborn -- Care of the newborn -- Infant feeding -- High risk newborn: complications associated with gestational age and development -- High risk newborn: acquired and congenital conditions -- PART 5: Women’s health care -- Family planning -- Infertility -- Women’s health.

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.