Maternity Nursing
A streamlined approach covers the fundamentals of maternity nursing! Maternity Nursing, 8th Edition focuses on the care of women during the childbearing years. Designed to meet the needs of today’s students, the book offers a clear, readable style and a concise, focused presentation. It integrates an understanding of family, culture, and health promotion into the continuum of care, and coverage of community-based care emphasizes nursing care in many different settings. Not only does Maternity...
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Community-based care is emphasized in this new edition, along with integrating cultural and preventive considerations into nursing plans of care. Students will find useful the boxes highlighting important information on subjects such as complications, research, procedures, teaching guidelines, and home care. Content is revised to apply to all types of maternity-nursing programs. Nancy E. Moss This fifth edition textbook features maternal/newborn nursing with numerous charts, illustrations, and special multi-colored text boxes for quick access of information, learning, and visual appeal. Other worthy features include a computer disk study guide and the availability of Mosby's Electronic Resource Links and Information Network. The purpose is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to become competent, think critically, and attain sensitivity as caring maternity nurses. It is written for nursing students in their beginning-level maternal/child theory and clinical courses. The well known editors have previously published in the area of obstetrical/newborn nursing with numerous other publications to their credit. Worthy features of this book include detailed colored illustrations and boxed features of concise pertinent information for memory retention. Case management is used as the organizing framework for the nursing care chapters. The addition of new chapters such as adaptation to parenthood, including family dynamics and community and home care, brings this latest edition to the current state-of-the-art. The table of contents, index, and glossary are user friendly and the references are current. This text concisely presents maternity nursing concepts and research for nursing students. Inclusion of colored illustrations, boxed critical content, and critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter facilitates the use of the book while guiding nursing students in their initial maternal/child course. It retains the comprehensiveness of previous editions. This book is very appropriate for the presentation of current maternity nursing knowledge tonursing students in their beginning level experience.
Unit 1Introduction to Maternity Nursing1Contemporary Maternity Nursing12The Family and Culture163Community and Home Care30Unit 2Reproductive Years4Assessment and Health Promotion465Common Reproductive Concerns806Contraception, Abortion, and Infertility109Unit 3Pregnancy7Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development1408Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy1669Nursing Care During Pregnancy18710Maternal and Fetal Nutrition233Unit 4Childbirth11Labor and Birth Processes25612Management of Discomfort27413Fetal Assessment29914Nursing Care During Labor and Birth320Unit 5Postpartum Period15Maternal Physiologic Changes37316Nursing Care During the Fourth Trimester38217Transition to Parenthood408Unit 6The Newborn18Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations43919Assessment and Care of the Newborn46120Newborn Nutrition and Feeding514Unit 7Complications of Childbearing21Assessment for Risk Factors54622Pregnancy at Risk: Preexisting Conditions56723Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions60424Labor and Birth at Risk64825Postpartum Complications69326The Newborn at Risk: Problems Related to Gestational Age71927The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Problems74828Loss and Grief794
\ Nancy E. MossThis fifth edition textbook features maternal/newborn nursing with numerous charts, illustrations, and special multi-colored text boxes for quick access of information, learning, and visual appeal. Other worthy features include a computer disk study guide and the availability of Mosby's Electronic Resource Links and Information Network. The purpose is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to become competent, think critically, and attain sensitivity as caring maternity nurses. It is written for nursing students in their beginning-level maternal/child theory and clinical courses. The well known editors have previously published in the area of obstetrical/newborn nursing with numerous other publications to their credit. Worthy features of this book include detailed colored illustrations and boxed features of concise pertinent information for memory retention. Case management is used as the organizing framework for the nursing care chapters. The addition of new chapters such as adaptation to parenthood, including family dynamics and community and home care, brings this latest edition to the current state-of-the-art. The table of contents, index, and glossary are user friendly and the references are current. This text concisely presents maternity nursing concepts and research for nursing students. Inclusion of colored illustrations, boxed critical content, and critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter facilitates the use of the book while guiding nursing students in their initial maternal/child course. It retains the comprehensiveness of previous editions. This book is very appropriate for the presentation of current maternity nursing knowledge tonursing students in their beginning level experience.\ \ \ \ \ Reviewer: Kathleen R Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN(St. John's Mercy Medical Center)\ Description: This is the seventh edition of an excellent basic resource for nursing students who are studying care for women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Immediate care of the newborn also is included. The last edition was published in 2003.\ Purpose: The purpose is to prepare students to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become competent, critically thinking, caring nurses. This popular text has been updated to include the latest evidence to support current maternity nursing care and certainly meets the objectives of the authors.\ Audience: The book is written at the level of the basic nursing student with easily understandable content, illustrations, and summaries of current research. Deitra Lowdermilk and Shannon Perry are recognized experts in maternity nursing and have consistently produced excellent resources for nursing students.\ Features: Pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care are covered, as well as selected complications. Current and evolving evidence is highlighted. Content for patient teaching is prominently displayed. Critical thinking exercises are integrated into each chapter to guide students in applying their knowledge and using critical thinking to plan appropriate care for women and newborns.\ Assessment: This text has long been one of the most widely used for students of maternity nursing. As new evidence, standards, and guidelines have been published, a new edition was required. Both students and faculty will find this updated edition to be a valuable resource.\ \ \ 5 Stars! from Doody\ \
