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Leifer, Gloria

Maternity nursing : an introductory text / Gloria Leifer - 11th ed - St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012 - xx, 514 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contemporary maternity care, family, and cultural considerations -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Fetal development -- Physiologic and psychological changes during pregnancy -- Health care and fetal assessment during pregnancy -- Process of normal labor -- Nursing care during labor -- Management of pain during labor -- Physiologic adaptation of the newborn and nursing assessments -- Nursing care of the newborn -- Newborn feeding -- Postpartum assessment and nursing care -- Health problems complicating pregnancy -- Complications of labor and birth -- The newborn at risk : conditions associated with gestational age and development -- The newborn at risk : acquired and congenital conditions -- Postpartum complications -- The pregnant adolescent and maternity nursing in the community -- Family planning and infertility -- Women's health issues -- Complementary and alternative therapies

ISBN: 9781437722093 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1437722091 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011018052

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Maternity nursing
Maternal-Child Nursing
Perinatal Care--methods
Pregnancy Complications--nursing
Pregnancy

LC Class. No.: RG951 / .B87 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 618.2 / MAL

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 157.3