With today's technologic advances and the help of knowledgeable nurses, women have a better chance of having a positive outcome of even a high risk pregnancy and delivery than ever before. Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery, 4th Edition provides the user with comprehensive information in a concise, accessible format. The book presents various problems in a consistent format that includes incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management with protocols for nurse practitioners. It also addresses collaborative problems and desired outcomes.
- Includes current AWHONN Standards of Practice.
- Current information on domestic violence and multiple gestation, including nutritional needs and preterm management.
- Features comprehensive coverage of substance abuse and STIs, including implications for both mother and newborn.
- Incorporates home care pregnancy and delivery throughout.
- Covers the advance practice nurse's role in implementing care
- Discusses trauma during pregnancy and provides guidelines of care for emergency, critical care, and medical-surgical staff.
- Thoroughly updated chapters include the most current evidence-based practice guidelines.
- Includes the latest research on the etiology and treatment of preeclampsia.
- Expanded emphasis on antiphospholipid syndrome and other autoimmune diseases.
