cover image - Maternity and Women's Health Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323811798
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 06-06-2023
Page Count: 912
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $129.99

Maternity and Women's Health Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition

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

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cover image - Maternity and Women's Health Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323811798
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 06-06-2023
Page Count: 912
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $129.99
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**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Maternal/Child**

This bestselling maternity book is now even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 13th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything students need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In addition to emphasizing childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New guidelines are incorporated with updated content throughout, focusing on prioritization of care and interprofessional care.

    • NEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX®
    • NEW! Content on COVID-19 includes current recommendations from professional organizations related to vaccines and the care of pregnant women and newborns
    • UPDATED! Increased coverage of the needs of nontraditional families
    • UPDATED! Coverage of legislative changes that affect health care delivery in the United States
    • UPDATED! Current recommendations and practice changes from professional organizations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
    • UPDATED! Enhanced content on client- and family-centered care focuses on diversity and cultural assessment
    • UPDATED! Added emphasis on racial disparities in relation to women’s health and childbearing
    • UPDATED! Cutting-edge content on treatments for breast cancer
    • NEW! Case studies and unfolding case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX®
    • NEW! Content on COVID-19 includes current recommendations from professional organizations related to vaccines and the care of pregnant women and newborns
    • UPDATED! Increased coverage of the needs of nontraditional families
    • UPDATED! Coverage of legislative changes that affect health care delivery in the United States
    • UPDATED! Current recommendations and practice changes from professional organizations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
    • UPDATED! Enhanced content on client- and family-centered care focuses on diversity and cultural assessment
    • UPDATED! Added emphasis on racial disparities in relation to women’s health and childbearing
    • UPDATED! Cutting-edge content on treatments for breast cancer
    • Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content
    • Signs of Potential Complications highlight vital concerns, alerting students to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide
    • Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of clients and their families from various cultures when providing care
    • Medication Guides provide key information about commonly used medications with specific nursing implications
    • Medication Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content alert readers to critical drug information that must be considered to provide safe client care
    • Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice
    • Nursing Care Plans identify priority client problems and concerns, along with appropriate interventions and rationales
    • Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and online and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings, including assisting clients in locating resources
    • Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations
    • Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to clients and families for follow-up care
  • Part 1. Introduction to Maternity and Women’s Health Care
    1. 21st-Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
    2. Community Care. The Family and Culture
    3. Nursing and Genomics

    Part 2. 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. Problems of the Breast
    11. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System

    Part 3. Pregnancy
    12. Conception and Fetal Development
    13. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
    14. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
    15. Maternal Nutrition

    Part 4. Labor and Birth
    16. Labor and Birth Processes
    17. Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Person
    18. Fetal Assessment During Labor
    19. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth

    Part 5. Postpartum
    20. Postpartum Anatomical and Physiologic Changes
    21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
    22. Transition to Parenthood

    Part 6. The Newborn
    23. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
    24. Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
    25. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

    Part 7. Complications of Pregnancy
    26. Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy
    27. Hypertensive Disorders
    28. Hemorrhagic Disorders
    29. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
    30. Medical-Surgical Disorders
    31. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
    32. Labor and Birth at Risk
    33. Postpartum Complications

    Part 8. Newborn Complications
    34. Nursing Care of the High-Risk Newborn
    35. Acquired Problems of the Newborn
    36. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
    37. Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief
  • Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 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, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Ellen Olshansky, PhD, RN, WHNP-E, FAAN, Professor Emerita, Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing and Founding Director, Program in Nursing Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA and Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA
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