Maternity and Women's Health Care

by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Ellen Olshansky

Overview

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Maternal/Child**This comprehensive maternity book is now even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 13th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In addition to emphasizing childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New guidelines are incorporated with updated content throughout, focusing on prioritization of care and interprofessional care. Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date content. Signs of Potential Complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provide. Cultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of clients and their families from various cultures when providing care. Medication Guides provide key information about commonly used medications with specific nursing implications. Medication Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content alert readers to critical drug information that must be considered to provide safe client care. Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice. Nursing Care Plans identify priority client problems and concerns, along with appropriate interventions and rationales. Community Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and online and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings, including assisting clients in locating resources. Emergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situations. Teaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to clients and families for follow-up care. NEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX®. NEW! Content on COVID-19 includes current recommendations from professional organizations related to vaccines and the care of pregnant women and newborns. UPDATED! Increased coverage of the needs of nontraditional families. UPDATED! Coverage of legislative changes that affect health care delivery in the United States. UPDATED! Current recommendations and practice changes from professional organizations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Association for Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). UPDATED! Enhanced content on client- and family-centered care focuses on diversity and cultural assessment. UPDATED! Added emphasis on racial disparities in relation to women's health and childbearing. UPDATED! Cutting-edge content on treatments for breast cancer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323810197
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	09/06/2023
Product dimensions:	10.98(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.38(d)

Table of Contents

Unit 1	Introduction to Maternity and Women's Health Nursing
1	Contemporary Maternity Nursing and Women's Health Care	1
2	Community Care: The Family and Culture	16
3	Genetics	52
4	Alternative and Complementary Therapies	74
Unit 2	Women's Health
5	Assessment and Health Promotion	91
6	Violence Against Women	131
7	Reproductive System Concerns	155
8	Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections	185
9	Contraception and Abortion	220
10	Infertility	246
11	Problems of the Breast	267
12	Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System	289
Unit 3	Pregnancy
13	Conception and Fetal Development	327
14	Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy	348
15	Maternal and Fetal Nutrition	369
16	Nursing Care During Pregnancy	397
17	Childbirth and Perinatal Education	448
Unit 4	Childbirth
18	Labor and Birth Processes	468
19	Management of Discomfort	488
20	Fetal Assessment During Labor	518
21	Nursing Care During Labor	541
Unit 5	Postpartum
22	Postpartum Physiology	607
23	Nursing Care of the Postpartum Woman	616
24	Transition to Parenthood	647
Unit 6	The Newborn
25	Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn	682
26	Nursing Care of the Newborn	708
27	Newborn Nutrition and Feeding	755
28	Care of the Newborn at Home	789
Unit 7	Complications of Pregnancy
29	Assessment for Risk Factors	811
30	Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy	837
31	Antepartal Hemorrhagic Disorders	860
32	Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders	881
33	Medical-Surgical Problems in Pregnancy	905
34	Obstetric Critical Care	932
35	Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse	960
36	Labor and Birth Complications	983
37	Postpartum Complications	1036
Unit 8	Newborn Complications
38	Acquired Problems of the Newborn	1051
39	Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies	1082
40	Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn	1112
41	Grieving the Loss of a Newborn	1150

Editorial Reviews

This textbook contains a total of 47 chapters. The topics include care of the family during normal and complicated pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, care of the normal newborn and the newborn with complications, and women's health issues, This is the sixth edition of this textbook. The last edition was published in 1993. The authors state in the preface that the purpose of this text is ""to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to become competent, think critically, and possess the sensitivity they need to become caring nurses."" These are the goals that nursing faculty strive to meet through their teaching, and therefore, faculty that teach maternal/newborn nursing would find this text worth considering for their classes. Through the content presented in this text, the book has met the authors' objectives as stated above. This book was written for undergraduate nursing students for the course of maternal/newborn nursing. The authors are credible authorities in this subject matter, since all three are clinical specialists in the area of maternal/newborn nursing, and are, or have been, instructors of nursing. The text contains both black-and-white and color illustrations, which lend understanding to the topics being discussed. There is also good use of tables, graphs, and charts, which enhance the content. Current references are cited throughout the text, and used to support the topic content. The majority of these references are from works published in the last five years. The text contains two tables of contents: a ""contents in brief,"" in which only chapter titles are listed, and a very detailed table of contents, listing complete chapter and sectionbreakdowns, as well as appendixes. The overall appearance of the book is eye-catching and appealing. The illustrations and graphics add interest to the written text. Each chapter begins with a list of key terms used in that chapter, page numbers of related topics, and learning objectives. Throughout the chapter's critical thinking exercises, research highlights, and topics for nursing research are discussed. The book also contains several appendices that further illustrate content, as well as a thorough glossary. Other special features of this text include use of critical pathways, discussion of case management, use of plans of care with nursing diagnoses, and a chapter on perinatal home care. This text should be considered by faculty for use in their classes. The new features listed in the paragraph above are very helpful in moving students forward into a future-oriented practice.

Nancy C. Barnum

Reviewer: Robin Webb Corbett, PhD, RN C(East Carolina University)
Description: This comprehensive text is written for students to provide the knowledge and skills needed to become competent practitioners, facilitate critical thinking, and become caring nurses. Unique features of this text are the numerous boxes provoided to highlight and categorize salient content.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide maternity/women's health students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become competent practitioners, think critically, and become caring nurses. Organizing threads are the belief that pregnancy, childbirth, and developmental changes are natural processes, with an emphasis on family focus and research based practice.
Audience: The editors propose that this text is written for nursing students in all types of nursing programs. I believe it is appropriate for nursing students seeking to learn about women's health and maternity nursing as well as clinicians seeking more information. With the continuing changes in women's health and increased emphasis on early discharge, wellness, and complementary and alternative health practices, an updated edition is necessary. The editors and contributors have numerous publications in the area of women's health and maternity nursing.
Features: Worthy features and new additions to this textbook include the client self-care boxes, home care boxes, emergency boxes, nurse alerts, and research boxes. Key points and critical thinking exercises in each chapter facilitate identification of important content and facilitate student's ability to apply critical thinking in women's health and maternal newborn care. Detailed color illustrations and varied tables/boxes throughout the chapters emphasize important points and provide current and clinically relevant information.
Assessment: This comprehensive text is a presentation of women's health and maternity nursing concepts for introductory students and clinicians with diverse learning needs. Unique features are numerous boxes to highlight important points and clinically relevant information to facilitate use by practitioners and students.

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