Labor and Delivery Nursing, Second Edition: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice

✍ Scribed by Michelle Murray (editor), Gayle Huelsmann (editor)

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The clinically oriented guide to nursing care during childbirth is distinguished by its strong focus on evidence-based practice as well as its engaging style and user-friendly format. It reviews the nursing process from admission to delivery focusing on proper surveillance and care, comprehensive data acquisition, interpretation, and teamwork. The second edition continues to help labor and delivery nurses make wise decisions in the delivery room, optimizing both maternal and fetal outcomes. It clearly explains the stages and phases of labor, delivery, and pain assessment and management―all supported by proven research. This text provides authoritative guidance on intervention options, creating patient-centered care plans, and improving communication with other members of the obstetrics team.

✦ Table of Contents

Epigraph
Disclaimer
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Advocacy, Communication, Chain of Command, and Evidence-Based Practice
2. Assessment to Create an Individualized Plan of Care and Informed Consent
3. Labor and Birth
4. Pain, Pain Reduction, and Evidence-Based Practice
5. Positions for Labor and Birth
6. The Passageway, Passenger, Placenta, and the Umbilical Cord
7. Passenger–Passageway Problems
8. Presentation, Position, and Station
9. Powers: Force and Physiology
10. Psyche During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum
Appendix A: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Abbreviations to Avoid in Documentation
Appendix C: Hospital Labor and Delivery Orientation Fundamentals
Appendix D: Orientation Checklist
Appendix E: Orientation Log Chart
Glossary
Index