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Maternity and Women's Health Care

by: Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard

Maternity and Women's Health Care

by: Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard

ISBN 13:
9780323009614
ISBN 10:
0323009611
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 04/01/2000
Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Summary

MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE provides all the information necessary to take care of a woman of childbearing age in today's society. Reorganized and streamlined to provide a more logical flow of information, this new edition includes a strong focus on community aspects of maternity and women's health care and health promotion and common concerns of women from adolescence through the postmenopausal years. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding family, culture, and health promotion in providing care. (Includes FREE CD-ROM and MERLIN website at www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Lowdermilk/MatWmnHlth/) Spanish version of 6th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-321-6

Unit One Introduction to Maternity and Women's Health Nursing

Contemporary Issues in Maternity and Women's Health Care

(14)

The Family and Culture

(16)

Community and Home Care

(21)

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

(16)

Unit Two Reproductive Years

Health Promotion and Prevention

(20)

Assessment of Women

(27)

Common Reproductive Concerns

115

(29)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Other Infections

144

(35)

Contraception and Abortion

179

(27)

Infertility

206

(19)

Violence Against Women

225

(22)

Problems of the Breast

247

(21)

Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System

268

(35)

Unit Three Pregnancy

Conception, Fetal Development, and Genetics

303

(30)

Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

333

(20)

Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

353

(27)

Nursing Care During Pregnancy

380

(49)

Childbirth Education

429

(15)

Unit Four Childbirth

Labor and Birth Processes

444

(19)

Management of Discomfort

463

(25)

Fetal Assessment

488

(22)

Nursing Care During Labor

510

(71)

Unit Five Postpartum

Postpartum Physiology

581

(9)

Assessment and Care During the Postpartum Period

590

(33)

Transition to Parenthood

623

(48)

Unit Six The Newborn

Physiology and Physical Adaptations of the Newborn

671

(45)

Assessment and Care of the Newborn

716

(41)

Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

757

(33)

Unit Seven Complications of Childbearing

Assessment of Risk Factors

790

(25)

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

815

(23)

Antepartal Hemorrhagic Disorders

838

(23)

Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

861

(26)

Medical-Surgical Problems in Pregnancy

887

(25)

Obstetric Critical Care

912

(28)

Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse

940

(24)

Preterm Labor and Birth

964

(17)

Labor and Birth Complications

981

(40)

Postpartum Complications

1021

(16)

Unit Eight Newborn Complications

Acquired Problems of the Newborn

1037

(33)

Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomolies

1070

(27)

Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn

1097

(37)

Loss and Grief

1134

(21)

Appendix A Standard Laboratory Values: Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women

1155

(2)

Appendix B Standard Laboratory Values in the Neonatal Period

1157

(2)

Appendix C Relationships of Drugs to Breast Milk and Effect on Infants

1159

(8)

Appendix D Resources

1167

(8)

Glossary

1175

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