Perinatal nursing / [edited by] Kathleen Rice Simpson, Patricia A. Creehan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Kathleen Rice.

Creehan, Patricia A.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maternity nursing.

Maternal-Child Nursing.

Neonatal Nursing.

Perinatal Care.

Medical Subjects:

Maternal-Child Nursing.

Neonatal Nursing.

Perinatal Care.

Physical Description:

xix, 709 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

At head of title: AWHONN, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008]

Summary:

Co-published with the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), this book is a comprehensive clinical resource for practicing perinatal nurses providing commonly accepted guidelines for practice and includes algorithms to support decision-making.

Contents:

Perinatal patient safety and professional liability issues

Integrating cultural beliefs and practices when caring for childbearing women and families

Physiologic changes of pregnancy

Psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy and postpartum

Antenatal care

High-risk pregnancy

Labor and birth

Fetal assessment during labor

Pain relief and comfort measures in labor

Postpartum care

Newborn adaptation to extrauterine life

Newborn physical assessment

Newborn nutrition

Common neonatal complications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781767598

9780781767590

OCLC:

123692684

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