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OB Peds Women’s Health Notes: Nurse’s Clinical Pocket Guide
By
Brenda Walters Holloway, CRNP, FNP, MSN, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.
Cheryl Moredich, RNC, MS, WHNP, Purdue University, Hammond, IN.
Kathie Aduddell, Ed, MSN, RN-BC, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1466-6
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1466-7
172 pp.
Soft cover, spiral binding.
©2006
Available now.
$26.95
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A Davis's Notes book. OB/Peds Women’s Health Notes provides students and clinicians quick access to key clinical information for the nurse or nursing student caring for obstetric, gynecological, and pediatric clients. With comprehensive yet concise coverage of women’s heath as well as child health topics from birth through adolescence, it will help not only with situations for which there has been no preparation but also as a quick review for newly learned patient care information.
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- Norms and assessment for infants and children and assessment of women during stages of pregnancy, postpartum, and with gynecological complaints
- The latest guidelines, warning signs, and patient care for procedures commonly used during pregnancy, labor, and delivery
- Preventative care, symptoms, and testing for sexually transmitted infections
- Prenatal nursing care from conception through labor
- Fetal monitoring; obstetric procedures, and emergencies
- Postpartum and newborn assessment and care
- Pediatric screening, medication, and safety issues, and information regarding emergencies and other acute care needs
- Terminology needed for proper communication with staff, and physicians
- Reviews techniques for medication administration, calculating fluids and rate
- Patient Teaching Tips — short stays mean that a great deal of patient teaching for patient and child/ infant care is done before discharge
- Pages are waterproof and reusable
- Truly pocket-sized
- Eight tabbed sections cover:
- GYNE & STDs — General information/tables; STD's; breast health; PAP smears; preconceptual counseling; family planning options; menopause; sexually transmitted diseases
- ANTEPARTUM — lab tests; educational needs (includes expected changes; common discomforts, distinguishing true labor with Braxton Hicks); visit frequency associated with each trimester; diagnostic tests; key points in caring for the patient with complications; isoimmunization; gestational diabetes
- INTRAPARTUM — the five P's of labor; stages of labor; intrapartum interventions; pain relief; fetal monitoring; cesarean section; complications; VBAC; APGAR scores; abruption/previa; DIC; shoulder dystocia
- POSTPARTUM & NEONATAL — breastfeeding; common medications; care of the normal neonate; treatment of common problems; assessments for post delivery care (BUBBLE), gestational age; newborn nursery care
- PEDIATRIC BASICS — common developmental milestones; growth; guidelines for monitoring adequate intake and output; pediatric coma scale; breath sounds; cardiac/apnea monitors; children's responses to illness/hospitalization; tools for pain assessment
- PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT — quick 10-minute assessment; communication with children and family; assessment by age group; systems approach to assessment
- PEDIATRIC MEDICATION — drug administration; dosage guidelines; routes for med admin; pediatric injection sites; tools for calculating IV rates
- PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY & ACUTE CARE NEEDS — central venous access devices (CVADs); pediatric CPR; choking; defibrillation; bradycardia/tachycardia/pulseless arrest; respiratory failure; abuse/neglect; seizures; dehydration; emergency medications
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1. GYN BASICS
2. ANTE-PARTUM
3. INTRA-PARTUM
4. POST-PARTUM
5. PEDS BASICS
6. PEDS ASSESS
7. MEDS/ACUTE
8. PEDS/ACUTE
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