Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard.

Maternity & women's health care / Maternity and women's health care Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Irene M. Bobak. - 7th edition - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2000. - xxvi, 1252 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 computer optical laser disc (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents


Unit one: Introduction to maternity and Women's health nursing
1. Contemporary Issues in Maternity and Women's Health Care
2. Family and Culture
3. Community and Home Care

Unit two: Reproductive years
4. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
5. Health Promotion and Prevention
6. Assessment of Women
7. Common Reproductive Concerns
8. Sexually Transmitted Disease and Other Infections
9. Contraception and Abortion
10. Infertility
11. Violence Against Women
12. Problems of the Breast
13. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System

Unit three: Pregnancy
14. Conception, Fetal Development, and Genetics
15. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
16. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
17. Nursing Care During Pregnancy
18. Childbirth Education

Unit four: Childbirth
19. Labor and Birth Processes
20. Management of Discomfort
21. Fetal Assessment
22. Nursing Care During Labor

Unit five: Postpartum
23. Postpartum Physiology
24. Assessment and Care During the Postpartum Period
25. Transition to Parenthood

Unit six: The Newborn
26. Physiology and Physical Adaptations of the Newborn
27. Assessment and Care of the Newborn
28. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

Unit seven: Complications of childbearing
29. Assessment for Risk Factors
30. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
31. Antepartal Hemorrhagic Disorders
32. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
33. Medical-Surgical Problems in Pregnancy
34. Obstetric Critical Care
35. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
36. Preterm Labor and Birth
37. Labor and Birth Complications
38. Postpartum Complications

Unit eight: Newborn Complications
39. Acquired Problems of the Newborn
40. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
41. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn --
42. Loss and Grief


System requirements: Windows 95 or later; 486, Pentium, or faster processor; 16 MB RAM, 4X or faster CD-ROM drive or Macintosh 68030 or faster processor.

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Maternity nursing.
Gynecologic nursing.
Obstetrical Nursing--methods--Nurses' Instruction.
Pregnancy--Nurses' Instruction.
Gynecology--Nurses' Instruction.
Neonatal Nursing--methods--Nurses' Instruction.
Pregnancy Complications--Nurses' Instruction.
Women's Health--Nurses' Instruction.

WY 157.3 M912m 2000