Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing, 2nd edition covers a broad scope of topics emphasizing common issues and maternity-specific information. This edition has an updated focus on evidence-based practice and increased emphasis on nursing management, focusing on assessment and interventions.

Special features:

• Outstanding artwork includes nearly 500 photos and diagrams that clearly illustrate concepts and clinical conditions
• Healthy People 2010 boxes identify maternity-specific health trends and nursing implications for achieving these objectives
• Each chapter opens with a case study, which unfolds throughout the chapter to inspire critical thinking
• ncludes nursing care plans that highlight each step of the nursing process, and incorporates teaching guidelines to prepare students to educate families
• Watch and Learn icons direct students to free video clips highlighting growth and development, communication, and nursing care

A bound-in CD-ROM and a companion Website include video clips and NCLEX®-style review questions.

Contents:

Introduction to Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing

1. Perspectives on Maternal, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing
2. Family Centered, Community-Based Care

Women's Health Throughout the Lifespan

3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive System
4. Common Reproductive Issues
5. Sexually Transmitted Infections
6. Disorders of the Breasts
7. Benign Disorders of the Female Reproductive Tract
8. Cancers of the Female Reproductive Tract
9. Violence and Abuse

Pregnancy

10. Fetal Development and Genetics
11. Maternal Adaptations during Pregnancy
12. Nursing Care during Pregnancy

Labor and Birth

13. Labor and Birth
14. Nursing Care during Labor and Birth

The Postpartum Period

15. Maternal Adaptation during the Postpartum Period
16. Nursing Care during the Postpartum Period

The Newborn

17. Newborn Adaptation
18. Nursing Care of the Newborn

Childbearing at Risk

19. Nursing Care of Pregnancy at Risk: Pregnancy-Related Complications
20. Nursing Care of Pregnancy at Risk: Pre-existing Conditions
21. Nursing Care of Labor and Birth at Risk
22. Nursing Care of the Postpartum Woman at Risk

The Newborn at Risk

23. Nursing Care of the Newborn with Special Needs
24. Nursing Care of the Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions

Index

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