Nurse-Midwifery Handbook: A Practical Guide to Prenatal and Postpartum Care

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 - 443 pages
This practical handbook of prenatal and postpartum care is written for nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, graduate students, and practicing OB/GYN nurses. It includes coverage of history taking, physical exam, laboratory tests, health education, initial and return prenatal visits, postpartum period, and family planning. Focus is placed on physical and psychosocial well-being and health promotion. Special features include: Healthy Pregnancy Questions for differentiating between common discomforts and potential complications; Key Moments tables that summarize essential information for key gestational ages; and History Taking forms. Numerous appendices permit easy and quick reference. A must have reference for nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives.

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Contents

Preconception
1
Chapter
2
Personal Medical History
7
Risks To Health
13
Environmental Exposures
20
The Babys Father
30
Health Education
34
The Initial
45
Family Planning
258
Honoring the Expectant Mother
266
The Postpartum
273
Chapter 11
279
Separated Symphysis
283
Drugs and Breast Milk
290
Informed Consent
296
Emergency Contraception
331

Maternal Age
52
Medical History
62
Screening For Abuse
76
Weapons
93
The Abdomen
109
Chapter 5
123
Special Laboratory Tests
154
Chapter 6
174
Appendix 61
181
Routine Assessments
185
The Healthy Pregnancy Questions
199
Chapter 8
231
SizeDate Discrepancies
237
Chapter 9
256
Chapter 14
337
The Physical Examination
343
Weight Management
349
Immunizations
355
Heart Disease
361
References
367
A Environmental Exposure History Form
383
Guides to Daily Food Choices
390
Areas of the World Where Female Circumcision Is Found
397
Medicolegal and Administrative Guidelines for Using Email in a Clinical
404
O Models for Drawing on the Maternal Abdomen
413
T Suggestions for Discussing Condom Use With a Man
421
Index
427
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