Description
Co-published with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), this book is a comprehensive clinical resource for practicing perinatal nurses and an excellent staff educator's guide and textbook. It provides commonly accepted guidelines for practice and evidence-based care and includes algorithms to support decision-making. Numerous photographs complement the text and summary boxes highlight key points. Appendices provide patient care examples and practice guidelines.
This edition has been extensively revised and updated. New features include more than 650 end-of-chapter review questions and answers and selected AWHONN protocols.
Features
--NEW Completely revised with latest evidence, standards and guidelines
--NEW Sample policies and protocols
--NEW Chapter on Perinatal Patient Safety
--NEW Ideal resource for review and preparation for certification examinations
--NEW Item bank for new staff orientation and continuing knowledge assessment
--Thoroughly cited supporting EB Practice
--Summary Boxes; Algorithyms (supporting decision-making)
--photos (illustrating text presentation)
--Appendices (providing patient care examples and practice guidelines)
--Guidelines for assessing staff knowledge base (for remediation purposes)
--Approximately 250 Q & A Review Questions included in back of book
--Selected AWHONN Protocols (selection used pending AWHONN permission)
--NEW Sample policies and protocols
--NEW Chapter on Perinatal Patient Safety
--NEW Ideal resource for review and preparation for certification examinations
--NEW Item bank for new staff orientation and continuing knowledge assessment
--Thoroughly cited supporting EB Practice
--Summary Boxes; Algorithyms (supporting decision-making)
--photos (illustrating text presentation)
--Appendices (providing patient care examples and practice guidelines)
--Guidelines for assessing staff knowledge base (for remediation purposes)
--Approximately 250 Q & A Review Questions included in back of book
--Selected AWHONN Protocols (selection used pending AWHONN permission)
About the Author(s)
- Kathleen R Simpson PhD, RNC
- Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, and Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Barnes College of Nursing, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
- Patricia A Creehan MS, MA, RNC, ACCE
- Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights, IL
Specs
- Edition: Third
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781767590
- Trim Size: 8.375 x 10.875
- Pages: 752
- Pub Date: Jun 15, 2007
- Weight: 3.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
- Chapter 1 Perinatal Patient Safety and Professional Liability Issues
- Chapter 2 Integrating Cultural Beliefs and Practices When Caring for Childbearing Women and Families
- Chapter 3 Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
- Chapter 4 Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Chapter 5 Antenatal Care
- Chapter 6 High-Risk Pregnancy
- Chapter 7 Labor and Birth
- Chapter 8 Fetal Assessment During Labor
- Chapter 9 Pain Relief and Comfort Measures in Labor
- Chapter 10 Postpartum Care
- Chapter 11 Newborn Adaptation to Extrauterine Life
- Chapter 12 Newborn Physical Assessment
- Chapter 13 Newborn Nutrition
- Chapter 14 Common Neonatal Complications
