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cover image - PART LWD - Maternity & Women's Health Care, 11e-eBook on VitalSource,11th Edition
ISBN: 9780323430869
Publication Date: 08-01-2015
Page Count: 1000
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $99.95

PART LWD - Maternity & Women's Health Care, 11e-eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Kitty Cashion, RN, BC, MSN, Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, FAAN and Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - PART LWD - Maternity & Women's Health Care, 11e-eBook on VitalSource,11th Edition
ISBN: 9780323430869
Publication Date: 08-01-2015
Page Count: 1000
Imprint: Mosby

The #1 maternity book in the market is getting even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 11th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything your students need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Not only does this text emphasize childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of common women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. Boasting new medication alerts and updated content throughout, this edition covers the most current forms of emergency contraception, human trafficking, and the revised AAP policy on breastfeeding and infant sleep.

    • Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content.
    • Clinical reasoning case studies provide you with opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and to apply knowledge in various settings.
    • Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.
    • Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of patients from various cultures when providing care.
    • Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations.
    • Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs and concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care.
    • Medication guides provide an important reference of drugs and their interactions.
    • Nursing care plans include rationales for interventions and provide you with an overview of, and specific guidelines for, delivering effective nursing care.
    • Safety alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.
    • Signs of potential complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide.
    • Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to patients and families for follow-up care.
    • NEW! Content updates throughout give you the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.
      • Chapter 1 covers interprofessional education, accountable care organizations, and expanded content of TeamSTEPPS.
      • Chapter 5 includes human trafficking and the implications on women’s health.
      • Chapter 8 includes the most current forms of emergency contraception.
      • Chapter 15 covers the March of Dimes initiative to eliminate elective births before 39 weeks of gestation.
      • Chapter 19 covers the new maternal levels of care in the hospital setting.
      • Chapter 24 will reflect the updated AAP policy on newborn circumcision.
      • Chapter 25 will include the revised AAP policy on breastfeeding and infant sleep.

    • NEW! Updated evidence-based practice boxes focus your attention on current research to improve patient outcomes.
    • NEW! Medication alerts highlighted and integrated within the content alert you to critical drug information that you must consider to provide safe patient care.
  • Unit One: Introduction to Maternity & Women’s Health Care
    1. 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
    2. Community Care: The Family and Culture
    3. Nursing and Genomics
    Unit Two: Women’s Health
    4. Assessment and Health Promotion
    5. Violence Against Women
    6. Reproductive System Concerns
    7. Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections
    8. Contraception and Abortion
    9. Infertility
    10. Breast Disorders and Neoplasms
    11. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System
    Unit Three: Pregnancy
    12. Conception and Fetal Development
    13. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
    14. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
    15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
    Unit Four: Childbirth
    16. Labor and Birth Processes
    17. Pain Management
    18. Fetal Assessment During Labor
    19. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
    Unit Five: Postpartum
    20. Postpartum Physiologic Changes
    21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
    22. Transition to Parenthood
    Unit Six: Newborn
    23. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
    24. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
    25. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
    Unit Seven: Complications of Pregnancy
    26. High Risk Pregnancy Assessment
    27. Hypertensive Disorders
    28. Hemorrhagic Disorders in Pregnancy
    29. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
    30. Medical-Surgical Disorders
    31. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
    32. Labor and Birth Complications
    33. Postpartum Complications
    34. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn and Family
    Unit Eight: Newborn Complications
    35. Acquired Problems of the Newborn
    36. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
    37. Perinatal Loss and Grief
    Glossary
  • Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Kitty Cashion, RN, BC, MSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA, Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA and Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC