Core Curriculum for Maternal Newborn Nursing

Susan Mattson, Judy E. Smith (Herausgeber)

Obstetric Association of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

848 Seiten

1999 | 2nd Revised edition
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7216-7424-7 (ISBN)

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This revised edition delivers the core knowledge practicing nurses need to skilfully carry out their daily clinical responsibilities. Written under the guidance of the AWHONN and organized in a concise format, coverage ranges from evaluating high-risk pregnancies to labour and delivery at risk.

This up-to-date edition covers all of the examination content for the inpatient obstetric, low-risk neonatal nursing, maternal newborn nursing, and high-risk obstetric nursing specialties. A user-friendly, outline format provides expert guidance through all stages of pregnancy and birth, from human reproduction and fetal growth to complications affecting the newborn. Case studies and study questions close each chapter, to aid student learning.

Part 1 Human reproduction: reproductive anatomy and physiology; genetics. Part 2 Foetal growth and development; placental development and functioning. Part 3 Normal pregnancy: ethnocultural considerations fo the childbearing period; physiology of pregnancy; psychology of pregnancy. Part 4 Maternal-foetal well being: age-related concerns; diagnostic evaluations of high-risk pregnancies; nutrition; environmental hazards. Part 5 The intrapartum period: essential forces and factors in labour; normal childbirth; foetal assessment. Part 6 The postpartum period: physiological and psychological adaptation; breastfeeding; family planning. Part 7 The normal newborn: adaptation to extrauterine life; biological and behavioural characteristics. Part 8 Complications of childbearing: domestic violence in pregnancy; hypertensive states of pregnancy; maternal infections; haemorrhagic disorders; endocrine and metabolic disorders; trauma in pregnancy; surgery in pregnancy; substance abuse in pregnancy; other medical complications; labour and delivery at risk; postpartum complications. Part 9 Complications of the newborn: risks associated with gestational age and birth weight; respiratory distress; hyperbilirubinaemia; sepsis in the newborn; the drug-dependent newborn; infant of a diabetic mother; congenital abnormalities.

Zusatzinfo	220 illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 259 mm
Gewicht	1468 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	0-7216-7424-0 / 0721674240
ISBN-13	978-0-7216-7424-7 / 9780721674247
Zustand	Neuware