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The only book of its kind, Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery provides a complete resource for care of this special patient and her complex needs. It helps you provide positive outcomes with coverage of today's newest technology, physiologic considerations, psychologic implications, health disorders, and other complications in pregnancy. Written by noted educator and practitioner Elizabeth Stepp Gilbert, RNC, MS, FNP-BC, CNS, this book also describes how to screen for risk factors, provide preventive management, and intervene appropriately when problems arise. It's a concise, hands-on reference for both inpatient and outpatient settings! A consistent format makes this book a practical, hands-on reference in the clinical setting, presenting problems with the following headings: incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management. Comprehensive coverage includes physiologic considerations, fetal assessment, perinatal screening, ethical and legal issues, health disorders during pregnancy, complications, and labor and delivery issues. Up-to-date content includes integrative therapy, domestic violence, multiple gestation, genetics, nutrition, culture, risk management, and all the latest screening tools. A section on ethical and legal considerations covers ethical decision making, legal issues, and risk management. Updated evidence-based content includes the latest AHWONN standards of practice. Patient safety and risk management strategies include updated approaches to improving outcomes, reducing complications, and increasing patient safety during high risk pregnancy and delivery. New Venous Thromboembolic Disease chapter provides current information on this increasingly common condition. Information on the latest assessment and monitoring devices keeps you current with today's technology. Standardized terminology and definitions from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) lead to accurate and precise communication.

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Author:   Elizabeth S. Gilbert (Family Nurse Practitioner in Private Practice, Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Graduate Program, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Mosby
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.330kg
ISBN:  

9780323072533

ISBN 10:   0323072534
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   29 June 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780323040167
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Unit I: Physiologic Considerations, Assessments, and Integrative Therapies 1. Physiologic and Nutritional Adaptations to Pregnancy 2. General Nursing Assessment of the High Risk Expectant Family 3. Assessment of Fetal Well-Being 4. Perinatal Screening, Diagnoses, and Fetal Therapies 5. Integrative Therapies in Pregnancy and Childbirth Unit II: Psychologic Implications of a High Risk Pregnancy 6. Psychologic Adaptations 7. Perinatal Death and Bereavement Care Unit III: Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Considerations in Perinatal Nursing 8. Ethical Decision Making 9. Legal Issues and Risk Management Unit IV: Health Disorders Complicating Pregnancy 10. Diabetes 11. Cardiac Disease 12. Renal Disease 13. Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases 14. Venous Thromboembolic Disease 15. Pulmonary Disease and Respiratory Distress Unit V: Complications in Pregnancy 16. Spontaneous Abortion 17. Ectopic Pregnancy 18. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease 19. Lacental Abnormalities 20. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 21. Hemolytic Incompatibility 22. Hypertensive Disorders 23. Preterm Labor and Multiple Gestation 24. Premature Rupture of Membranes 25. Trauma Unit VI: Teratogens and Social Issues Complicating Pregnancy 26. Sexually and Nonsexually Transmitted Genitourinary Infections 27. Substance Abuse Unit VII: Alterations in the Mechanism of Labor 28. Labor Stimulation 29. Dysfunctional Labor 30. Prolonged Pregnancy

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<p> Gilbert (professional practice, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center) provides a portable reference manual for nurses on high-risk pregnancy and delivery that is grounded in evidence-based practice nursing and medical literature. It covers medical and obstetric problems experienced during childbearing, including their incidence, etiology, physiology, and pathophysiology, as well as management protocols for advanced nurse practitioners, with an emphasis on ambulatory care prevention and inpatient high-risk care along with critical care protocols. Included is a chapter on alternative and complementary therapies. This edition has updated evidence-based content and the latest Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses standards of practice, a new chapter on venous thromboembolic disease, new patient safety and risk management strategies, information on the latest assessment and monitoring devices, and new standardized terminology and definitions. <p>- Book News, Inc.

-Gilbert (professional practice, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center) provides a portable reference manual for nurses on high-risk pregnancy and delivery that is grounded in evidence-based practice nursing and medical literature. It covers medical and obstetric problems experienced during childbearing, including their incidence, etiology, physiology, and pathophysiology, as well as management protocols for advanced nurse practitioners, with an emphasis on ambulatory care prevention and inpatient high-risk care along with critical care protocols. Included is a chapter on alternative and complementary therapies. This edition has updated evidence-based content and the latest Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses standards of practice, a new chapter on venous thromboembolic disease, new patient safety and risk management strategies, information on the latest assessment and monitoring devices, and new standardized terminology and definitions.- - Book News, Inc. Gilbert (professional practice, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center) provides a portable reference manual for nurses on high-risk pregnancy and delivery that is grounded in evidence-based practice nursing and medical literature. It covers medical and obstetric problems experienced during childbearing, including their incidence, etiology, physiology, and pathophysiology, as well as management protocols for advanced nurse practitioners, with an emphasis on ambulatory care prevention and inpatient high-risk care along with critical care protocols. Included is a chapter on alternative and complementary therapies. This edition has updated evidence-based content and the latest Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses standards of practice, a new chapter on venous thromboembolic disease, new patient safety and risk management strategies, information on the latest assessment and monitoring devices, and new standardized terminology and definitions. - Book News, Inc. Gilbert (professional practice, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center) provides a portable reference manual for nurses on high-risk pregnancy and delivery that is grounded in evidence-based practice nursing and medical literature. It covers medical and obstetric problems experienced during childbearing, including their incidence, etiology, physiology, and pathophysiology, as well as management protocols for advanced nurse practitioners, with an emphasis on ambulatory care prevention and inpatient high-risk care along with critical care protocols. Included is a chapter on alternative and complementary therapies. This edition has updated evidence-based content and the latest Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses standards of practice, a new chapter on venous thromboembolic disease, new patient safety and risk management strategies, information on the latest assessment and monitoring devices, and new standardized terminology and definitions. - Book News, Inc.

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