Maternal-Neonatal Facts Made Incredibly Quick (Incredibly Easy! Series®)

Maternal-Neonatal Facts Made Incredibly Quick (Incredibly Easy! Series®)

<DIV>Superpower your maternal-neonatal skills, with the fully updated <B>Maternal-Neonatal Facts Made Incredibly Quick!®, 3rd Edition</B> , the indispensable pocket guide that offers at-your-fingertips answers on maternal-neonatal nursing essentials.<BR /><BR />Flip quickly to the section on which you need guidance with the help of brightly colored tabs. Then scan the quick-read bulleted text for vital direction on the four stages of labor, interpreting stress test results, Lamaze techniques, interpreting lab values, and more. This handy quick-reference guide offers both classroom and on-the-unit support for nursing students, nurses, and all maternal-neonatal healthcare professionals.<BR /><BR /> <B>Use this reference for maternal-neonatal assessments, tests, monitoring, and care, with these featues:</B> <BR /><UL><LI><B> <I>NEW</I> </B> and updated bulleted content with quick-read tables, charts, and drawings</LI><LI> <B>Wipeable laminated pages</B> that make notetaking and erasing quick and easy</LI><LI> <B>Pocket-sized, spiral-bound format</B> that offers instant access to expert nursing guidance</LI><LI> <B>Dozens of colorful diagrams, charts, and images that offer practical direction for areas including:</B> <UL><LI>Classifying fetal presentation</LI><LI>Distinguishing between true and false labor</LI><LI>Noting systemic changes in the active phase of labor</LI><LI>Assessing glucose challenge values</LI><LI>Assessing the three categories of pregnancy signs</LI><LI>Distinguishing the signs and symptoms of separation between the placenta and uterine wall</LI><LI>Patient teaching</LI></ul/liLI><B>Easy-to-follow definitions and guidance on</B> areas including:</B> <UL><LI>Internal and external fetal monitoring—reading a fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring strip and identifying FHR patterns</LI><LI>Potential complications of medication administration</LI><LI>Comfort measures in labor</LI><LI>Primary indications for cesarean birth—maternal, placental, and fetal</LI><LI>Understanding lacerations and umbilical cord prolapse</LI><LI>Prenatal care – taking an obstretric and medical history, adaptations to pregnancy, fundal height, Leopold’s maneuvers, fetal development, cultural practices, and more</LI><LI>Intrapartum - spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, female pelvis, labor, cervical effacement and dilation, drug administration, cesarean birth, and more</LI><LI>Postpartum – postpartum phases, fundal palpation, uterine involution, postpartal hemorrhage, pulmonary embolism, maternal self-care, lactation, and more</LI><LI>Neonatal – neonatal flow algorithm, physiology and assessment, Apgar score, sutures and fontanels, infections, HIV, oxygen therapy, circumcision, neonatal labs, and more</LI></ul/LI></UL><B>About the Clinical Editor</B> <BR /><BR />Stephanie C. Evans, PhD, APRN, CPNP, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.<BR /></DIV>