Maternity nursing
By: [edited by] Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion ; associate editor, Kathryn Rhodes Alden.
Contributors: Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard.; Perry, Shannon E.; Cashion, Kitty.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Mosby/Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Maryland Heights, MO
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780323066617
Subjects: Maternity nursing; Pediatric nursing; Maternal-Child Nursing -- methods; Obstetrical Nursing -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 21st century maternity nursing : culturally competent, family and community focused; title: Assessment and health promotion; title: Common concerns; title: Contraception, abortion, and infertility; title: Genetics, conception, and fetal development; title: Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy; title: Nursing care of the family during pregnancy; title: Maternal and fetal nutrition; title: Labor and birth processes; title: Management of discomfort; title: Fetal assessment during labor; title: Nursing care of the family during labor and birth; title: Maternal physiologic changes; title: Nursing care of the family during the fourth trimester; title: Transition to parenthood; title: Physiologic and behavioral adaptations of the newborn; title: Assessment and care of the newborn and family; title: Newborn nutrition and feeding; title: Assessment of high risk pregnancy; title: Pregnancy at risk : preexisting conditions; title: Pregnancy at risk : gestational conditions; title: Labor and birth at risk; title: Postpartum complications; title: The newborn at risk.