Essentials of fetal monitoring / Michelle L. Murray, Gayle Huelsmann, Nanci Koperski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(Michelle L.) Murray.

Contributor:

Huelsmann, Gayle.

Koperski, Nanci.

Michelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fetal heart rate monitoring.

Fetal monitoring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Company, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive guide to fetal monitoring, now in its fourth edition, provides an exhaustive compilation of up-to-date knowledge on the signs of fetal well-being and compromise obtained from FHR monitoring. Newly revised and updated, it features two new chapters on monitoring maternal heart rate patterns and legal issues involved in care, new fetal monitor ""strips,"" and updated visual materials, references and resources. This book is an invaluable companion for labor and delivery nurses, nurse midwives, and maternal-child and family nurses. Key Features.: Covers systematic assessment

Contents:

section 1. Systematic assessment of the pregnant woman

section 2. The paper

section 3. External and internal fetal monitoring

section 4. Maternal heart rate patterns

section 5. Uterine contractions

section 6. The baseline

section 7. Baseline variability

section 8. Short-term variability

section 9. Accellerations

section 10. Early decelerations

section 11. Late and spontaneous decelerations

section 12. Variable decelerations and the checkmark pattern

section 13. Prolonged decelerations

section 14. Chronic hypoxia, acute asphyxia

section 15. Strip evaluation and categorization

section 16. NICHD definitions

section 17. Skills validation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10016-9

9786613100160

0-8261-0638-2

OCLC:

714568602