A comprehensive womens health reference guide, this "pocket brain" delivers all the practical, evidence-based clinical information you need to care for normal and high-risk pregnant mothers, newborns, and their families in diverse hospital and community settings. This book delves into other womens health issues that may impact the care of the mother-baby dyad, such as culture, substance abuse, family planning, violence against women and sexually transmitted infections. Perfect for students, new-to-practice, or expert practitioners, this guide provides concise, comprehensive assessments, easy-to-understand tables of lab work-ups and values, common treatment guidelines and the steps to implement and evaluate nursing care.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• CHAPTER 1 Normal Pregnancy
• Terminology
• Diagnosis of Pregnancy
• Duration of Pregnancy
• Prenatal Care
• Nursing Care During Subsequent Prenatal Visits
• Physiological Changes in Pregnancy
• Primary Hormones of Pregnancy
• Psychosocial Adaptations in Pregnancy
• Fetal Assessment
• Health Promotion in Pregnancy
• Nutrition
• Special Populations and Considerations
• Common Discomforts in Pregnancy
• CHAPTER 2 High-Risk Pregnancy
• Anemias and Hemoglobinopathies
• Asthma
• Bleeding Disorders
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Hypertensive Disorders
• Congenital Infection (TORCHeS Syndrome)
• Multiple Gestation
• Preterm Labor
• Rho(D) Isoimmunization
• Thyroid Disease
• Premature Rupture of Membranes
• CHAPTER 3 Intrapartum
• Labor
• Pain Management in Labor
• Induction and Augmentation of Labor
• Cesarean Delivery
• Operative Vaginal Delivery
• CHAPTER 4 Postpartum
• Maternal Assessment
• Self and Newborn Care Education
• Complications in the Postpartum Period
• CHAPTER 5 Breastfeeding
• Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Infant
• Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Mother
• Women Who Should Not Breastfeed
• Initiating Breastfeeding
• Common Breastfeeding Positions
• Assessment of the Infant’s Latch
• Frequency and Duration of Breastfeeding
• Appearance and Amount of Breast Milk
• Reassurance That Newborn Is Getting Adequate Amount of Breast Milk
• Length of Breastfeeding
• Common Problems Encountered With Breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding Resources
• CHAPTER 6 Newborn
• Physiological Adaptation of the Newborn
• Newborn Assessment
• Newborn Thermoregulation
• Newborn Medications: Immunizations and Prophylactic
• Blood Glucose Monitoring
• Screening Tests
• Patient Education
• Newborn Complications and Problems
• Congenital Anomalies in Newborns
• CHAPTER 7 Contraceptive Counseling
• Methods of Contraception
• Postpartum Use of Birth Control
• Emergency Contraception
• CHAPTER 8 Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• Human Papillomavirus Infection
• Genital Warts
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• HIV Infection
• Genital Herpes
• Syphilis
• Trichomoniasis
• Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
• CHAPTER 9 Violence Against Women
• Populations at Risk for Domestic Violence
• Incidence and Effects of Violence Against Women
• Signs of Abuse
• What You Should Do
• CHAPTER 10 Multicultural Nursing
• Women of African Heritage
• Women of Arabic Heritage
• Women of Chinese Heritage
• Women of Filipino Heritage
• Women of Indian Heritage
• Women of Korean Heritage
• Women of Jewish Heritage and/or Religion
• Native American Women
• Latina or Hispanic Women
• Women Who Identify as Lesbians
• Women of Advanced Maternal Age
• Adolescent Girls
• CHAPTER 11 Substance Abuse
• Alcohol (Ethanol)
• Heroin
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Marijuana
• Methamphetamine
• Tobacco
• CHAPTER 12 Tools
• Table 12-1 Metric Conversions
• Table 12-2 Basic English-to-Spanish Translation
• Table 12-3 Newborn Weight Conversions
• Important Websites
• Figure Creditsd
• References
• APPENDIX A Medications