Product Description: All aspects of safe, effective, holistic care for birthing mothers, newborns, and their families are included in this easy-access guide for new antepartum and postpartum nurses and their preceptors during the orientation period. Presented in the convenient, easy-to-use Fast Facts format, the book provides up-to-date information regarding care for both low- and high-risk antepartum and postpartum patients...read more

MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE provides all the information necessary to take care of a woman of childbearing age in today's society. Reorganized and streamlined to provide a more logical flow of information, this new edition includes a strong focus on community aspects of maternity and women's health care and health promotion and common concerns of women from adolescence through the postmenopausal years. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding family, culture, and health promotion in providing care.(Includes FREE CD-ROM and MERLIN website at www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Lowdermilk/MatWmnHlth/)Spanish version of 6th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-321-6

Product Description: New York State Department of Health, Albany. New edition of a clinical reference for obstetric nurses and nurse practitioners in tertiary care settings. Emphasizes maternal complications rather than fetal or neonatal ones. Extended quick-reference format...read more