Research Catalog

Title

Maternity nursing / [edited by] Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry ; associate editors, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Kitty Cashion, Robin Webb Corbett.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard.
• Perry, Shannon E.

Description

xxii, 1001 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm +

Subjects

• Maternity nursing
• Pediatric nursing
• Obstetric Nursing > methods
• Maternal-Child Nursing > methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Contemporary maternity nursing -- 2. The family and culture -- 3. Community and home care -- 4. Assessment and health promotion -- 5. Common reproductive concerns -- 6. Contraception, abortion, and infertility -- 7. Genetics, conception, and fetal development -- 8. Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy -- 9. Nursing care during pregnancy -- 10. Maternal and fetal nutrition -- 11. Labor and birth processes -- 12. Management of discomfort -- 13. Fetal assessment during labor -- 14. Nursing care during labor and birth -- 15. Maternal physiologic changes -- 16. Nursing care during the fourth trimester -- 17. Transition to parenthood -- 18. Physiologic and behavioral adaptations -- 19. Assessment and care of the newborn -- 20. Newborn nutrition and feeding -- 21. Assessment for risk factors -- 22. Pregnancy at risk : preexisting conditions -- 23. Pregnancy at risk : gestational conditions -- 24. Labor and birth at risk -- 25. Postpartum complications -- 26. The newborn at risk : problems related to gestational age -- 27. The newborn at risk : acquired and congenital problems -- 28. Perinatal loss and grief.

ISBN

0323033660

LCCN

• 2005058449
• 9780323033664

OCLC

• ocm62759362
• SCSB-5243726

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries