AWHONN's perinatal nursing / edited by Kathleen R. Simpson, Patricia A. Creehan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

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

Simpson, Kathleen Rice, editor.

Creehan, Patricia A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maternity nursing.

Neonatal nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 743 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

5th edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer, [2021]

Summary:

"The goal of the book is to provide useful clinical information to practicing perinatal nurses. A perinatal nurse assist women during their pregnancy educating about childbirth techniques, prenatal health, and what to expect throughout their pregnancy as well as how to bond and care for their baby after birth. Perinatal Nursing provides up-to-date information on best practices, standards, guidelines, etc. It is a comprehensive text for the standard of care"--

Contents:

Chapter 1. Perinatal patient safety and quality

Chapter 2. Integrating cultural beliefs and practices when caring for childbearing women and families

Chapter 3. Physiologic changes of pregancy

Chapter4 . Antenatal care

Chapter 5. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Chapter 6. Bleeding in pregnancy

Chapter 7. Preterm labor and birth

Chapter 8. Diabetes in pregnancy

Chapter 9. Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Chapter 10. Pulmonary complications in pregnancy

Chapter 11. Multiple gestation

Chapter 12. Obesity in pregnancy

Chapter 13. Maternal-Fetal transport

Chapter 14. Labor and birth

Chapter 15. Fetal assessment during labor

Chapter 16. Pain in labor : nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management

Chapter 17. Postpartum care

Chapter 18. Newborn adaptation to extrauterine life

Chapter 19. Newborn physical assessment

Chapter 20. Newborn nutrition

Chapter 21 Common neonatal complications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.