Midwifery

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of maternal-newborn nursing. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post-tests with rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts. Prentice Hall's Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series includes a comprehensive CD-ROM, to provide additional review. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering reproduction, fetal development, nursing care during the normal and complicated prenatal, intrapartal, and postpartal periods, nursing care of the newborn, and much more. For nursing students in need of a resource that focuses on course review or NCLEX review as well as nursing professionals looking to familiarize themselves with a new specialty.

Also new is information about the safety of techniques routinely used in hospitals during and after birth, information on postpartum depression and maternal death, and recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives.

From the amazing birthing tales to care of the newborn, Spiritual Midwifery is still one of the best books an expectant mother could own. Includes resources for doulas, childbirth educators, birth centers, and other organizations and alliances dedicated to improving maternity care at home and in hospitals.

Co-written by a maternity and pediatrics nursing author team throughly integrates materna-newborn nursing adn pediatric nursing in one since book.  Equal focus is placed on community-based and hospital-based care to address the increasing balance between both nursing care settings.

This edition has increased coverage of pain assessment and management, nutrition and health promotion, patient education and communication, research based practice, and assessment as the core of the nursing process.    A CD-ROM includes NCLEX-RN practice questions and Critical Thinking in Action videos.

This market-leading textbook provides just the "right amount" of maternity and pediatric content in an easy-to-understand manner. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book includes 28 chapters on maternity nursing and the second part contains 27 chapters covering pediatric nursing. Numerous illustrations, photos, boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information. And because it's written by market-leading experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, you can be sure you're getting the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX^® examination.

• UNIQUE! Nursing Alerts point out critical information to consider when caring for patients.






• UNIQUE! Guidelines boxes outline instructions for skills or procedures in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format.







• UNIQUE! Emergency boxes offer quick reference to emergency procedures for critical maternity and pediatric emergencies.







• UNIQUE! Home Care boxes offer helpful guidelines for delivering effective care in the home environment.







• UNIQUE! Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric section illustrate how to provide competent nursing care without creating undue physical or psychological stress for pediatric patients, families, and nurses.







• UNIQUE! Community Focus boxes examine community issues and provide resources and guidance on caring for families outside the clinical setting.







• UNIQUE! Cultural Awareness boxes address culturally competent care for patients with a variety of customs and beliefs.







• UNIQUE! Family-Centered Care boxes discuss the family's role and needs in caring for the patient.







• UNIQUE! Nursing Process boxes offer quick access to nursing process information for major diseases and conditions.







• Critical Thinking Exercises provide case scenarios to promote sound clinical decision making.







• Nursing Care Plans include rationales for interventions and provide specific guidelines for delivering effective nursing care.







• Patient Teaching boxes highlight important information for communicating continuing care instructions to patients and families.

• New and consolidated content on pain assessment and management focuses on this key aspect of pediatric nursing.






• Updated content on evidence-based practice illustrates how current research can be used to improve patient outcomes.







• The latest information in the field is included throughout, including expanded coverage of the late preterm infant and fetal heart rate pattern identification.

With comprehensive coverage of maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing, Maternity & Women's Health Care, 10th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. It's the #1 maternity book in the market -- and now respected authors Dr. Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Dr, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion, and Kathryn R. Alden have improved readability and provided a more focused approach! Not only does this text emphasize childbearing issues and concerns, including care of the newborn, it 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. New to this edition is the most current information on care of the late preterm infant and the 2008 updated fetal monitoring standards from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

• A logical organization builds understanding by presenting wellness content first, then complications.


• Critical Reasoning exercises offer real-life situations in which you can develop analytical skills and apply their knowledge.


• Teaching for Self-Management boxes offer a guide to communicating follow-up care to patients and their families.


• Signs of Potential Complications boxes help you recognize the signs and symptoms of complications and provide immediate interventions.


• Procedure boxes offer easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for maternity skills and procedures.


• Emergency boxes may be used for quick reference in critical situations.


• Medication Guide boxes provide an important reference for common drugs and their interactions.


• Cultural Considerations boxes stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of patients from various cultures when providing care.


• Family content emphasizes the importance of including family in the continuum of care.


• Nursing Care Plans include specific guidelines and rationales for interventions for delivering effective nursing care.


• Community Activity exercises introduce activities and nursing care in a variety of local settings.


• Student resources on the companion Evolve website include assessment and childbirth videos, animations, case studies, critical thinking exercises with answers, nursing skills, anatomy reviews, a care plan constructor, review questions, an audio glossary, and more.

• Content updates provide the most current practice guidelines, including expanded information on the late preterm infant and fetal heart rate pattern identification.


• New content on obesity provides the latest information on this increasingly common condition.


• Safety Alerts help in developing competencies related to safe nursing practice in conjunction with the QSEN initiative on quality and safety in nursing care.


• Updated Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research to improve patient outcomes.


• Updated NICHD fetal monitoring standards provide guidelines reflecting current practice, as recommended by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.


• Video clips on the companion Evolve website reinforce key skills performed in the maternity setting.


• Audio Key Points on Evolve make it easy to review core content while on the go.


• Streamlined nursing process information is summarized in boxes, making it easier to identify information on major diseases and conditions.