Laurie N. Sherwen, Mary Ann Scoloveno, Carol T. Weingarten
Description
This book provides basic information on the care of women and their families--before, during, and after pregnancy. Organized according to phases of th
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e childbearing cycle, it emphasizes the family-centered, psychosocial, and physiologic components of healthcare. It features answers to commonly asked questions, nursing alerts, and critical pathways, as well as a four-color art program. Chapter topics include trends and issues in care of the childbearing family, perinatal experience, issues in women's health, family planning, educational preparation for childbirth, age-related considerations for pregnancy, psychosocial concerns for the high-risk childbearing family, nutrition during childbearing, community based nursing care during pregnancy and birth, physiology of labor and birth, pain management, the postpartum family, assessment and care of the normal newborn and the newborn at risk, and community based nursing during the postpartum period. For childbearing women, and the medical professionals who take care of them.
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