Maternity & Women's Health Care (Lowdermilk, Maternity & Women's Health Care) (Hardcover)

by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk RNC PhD FAAN (Author), Shannon E. Perry RN CNS PhD FAAN (Author)

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Book Description
Everything you need to know to provide safe, effective women's health and maternity nursing care

Product Description
Maternity & Women's Health Care, 9th Edition takes a collaborative care approach to maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing that emphasizes the nurse's role on the care team. Easy to read and logically organized, it follows the nursing process and offers evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Key topics include evidence-based practice, family, culture, community, and health promotion. Practical application exercises and comprehensive care plans help strengthen your maternity nursing skills.

• Practical application approach follows the nursing process and emphasizes collaborative care and the nurse's role in health promotion and the family.
• Comprehensive nursing care plans provide examples of both normal and abnormal conditions.
• Nurse Alert boxes highlight essential nursing care information.
• Focuses on the importance of including the family in the continuum of care.
• Explores cultural considerations and the importance of assessing for and understanding cultural variations when providing care.
• Teaching for Self-Care boxes provide follow-up care instructions for patients transitioning from hospital to home.
• Medication Guides offer information about common drugs used during the childbearing process.

• Evidence-Based Practice boxes explore research findings and their effect on clinical practice.
• Critical Thinking Exercises help you strengthen problem-solving skills by applying key concepts to realistic clinical situations.
• Community Activity Exercises introduce you to nursing care in a variety of settings.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1216 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 9 edition (February 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323043674
• ISBN-13: 978-0323043670
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,426 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Updated.... complete.... excellent resource, March 31, 2000

By	Quiltz "aznurse" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maternity & Women's Health Care (with CD-Rom) (Hardcover)

My copy of this new edition just arrived, and I'm thrilled with it! More color, more summaries, more of everything... Certainly a nursing text book is not going to hit the Best Seller List, but this one should be on every nurse's wish list. While its target audience is nursing students, the book is a great reference for experienced nurses, too. It covers all aspects of women's health care, from well woman exams, to birth control, and pregnancy to menopause.

New additions to this, the 7th Edition, include expanded information on health and risk assessment, psychosocial issues, Spanish/English translations to facilitate care, information on alternative and complementary health care, and a CD ROM with addtiional resources, study guides, and illustrations.

The editors and contributors have provided an excellent resource for nurses involved in all phases of women's health care.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great textbook, February 23, 2006

By	L. Miller (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Maternity & Women's Health Care (Hardcover)

I have really enjoyed this book (as much as a textbook can be enjoyable). It is concise, well-written, and to the point. Information is intelligently arranged so it is easy to reference and look things up. There are also lots of care plans included to help you out with clinical paperwork. My only gripe with this book is that the glossary is kind of puny- so if you don't know what something is (and there are lots of words in OB that you won't hear anywhere else) then you have to go back to the index and flip through the chapters to find where that thing is talked about in the book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very helpful, November 4, 2006

By	C. Caryn (East Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Maternity & Women's Health Care (Hardcover)

I've found this book to be a very difficult read. The chapters are long and boring and it's very difficult to find information on a specific topic by using the glossary. I've found it more helpful to go online and research topics than to use this OB text. Avoid this book if you can.