Olds' maternal-newborn nursing & women's health across the lifespan /
Davidson, Michele R.
London, Marcia L.
Ladewig, Patricia W.
Boston, Mass. ; London : Pearson,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Current issues in maternal-newborn nursing -- Care of the family in a culturally diverse society -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Health promotion of women across the lifespan -- Women's health: family planning -- Women's health: commonly occurring infections -- Women's health problems -- Women's care: social issues -- Violence against women -- The reproductive system -- Conception and fetal development -- Special reproductive concerns: infertility and genetics -- Preparation for parenthood -- Physical and psychologic changes of pregnancy -- Antepartum nursing assessment -- The expectant family: needs and care -- Adolescent pregnancy -- Maternal nutrition -- Pregnancy at risk: pregestational problems -- Pregnancy at risk: gestational onset -- Assessment of fetal well-being -- Processes and stages of labor and birth -- Intrapartum nursing assessment -- The family in childbirth: needs and care -- Pain management during labor -- Childbirth at risk: prelabor complications -- Childbirth at risk: labor-related complications -- Birth-related procedures -- Physiologic responses of the newborn to birth -- Nursing assessment of the newborn -- The normal newborn: needs and care -- Newborn nutrition -- The newborn at risk: conditions present at birth -- The newborn at risk: birth-related stressors -- Postpartum family adaptation and nursing assessment -- The postpartum family: needs and care -- Home care of the postpartum family -- Grief and loss in the childbearing family -- The postpartum family at risk -- Appendix A: Common abbreviations in maternal-newborn and women's health nursing -- Appendix B: Conversions and equivalents -- Appendix C: Spanish translations of English phrases -- Appendix D: Guidelines for working with deaf patients and interpreters -- Appendix E: Sign language for healthcare professionals -- Appendix F: Actions and effects of selected drugs during breastfeeding.
Maternity nursing
Neonatal nursing