Maternal-Newborn Nursing Care: Best Evidence-Based Practices
Maternal-Newborn Nursing Care: Best Evidence-Based Practices
Editor/Author
Nagtalon-Ramos, Jamille
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: F.A.Davis Company
Single-User Purchase Price:
$44.95

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
Not Available
ISBN: 978-0-80-362246-3
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Image Count:
56
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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