Maternity Nursing Care

Littleton-Gibbs and Engebretson (nursing, U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) offer a textbook on maternity nursing care that presents a holistic perspective and emphasizes the nurse-client relationship as part of the caring approach, within the framework of the changing healthcare system and the nurse's role and responsibilities, as well as the importance of teaching clients about their health and encouraging them to be proactive. They discuss topics such as cultural competence, quality education, complementary and alternative therapies, ethics, laws, women across the lifespan, human reproduction, pregnancy, and newborn development and care. This edition has new boxes on the influence of culture on patients and new evidence-based practice features. It includes about 10 new NCLEX-style (National Council Licensure Examination) review questions in each chapter, and a focus on quality, safety, evidence-based practice, and collaborative care. Other changes include new content on health care reform, reproduction trends and devices, and postpartum care; updated information on contemporary practice and theoretical perspectives, the care of the normal newborn, and genetics; revised coverage of standardized medical records, normal pregnancy, and care of the high-risk postpartum woman; updated legal and ethical standards of practice, statistics, and issues and trends; more on assisted reproduction technology, management of the high-risk pregnancy, high risk and developmental care, and the transition to extrauterine life; updated and expanded coverage of fetal growth and development; new chapters on fetal assessment and the role of the nurse in providing analgesia and anesthesia during labor; an updated and reorganized chapter on childbirth; expanded discussion of the nurse's role in assessment; and broadened discussion of congenital and acquired anomalies. A companion website contains study tools, case studies, videos, questions, quizzes, and other resources. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)