Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Scenarios for clinical preparation: immediate postpartum hemorrhage -- Later postpartum hemorrhage -- Gestational diabetes, deep vein thrombosis and postpartum pulmonary embolism -- Preeclampsia -- Cord prolapse and nonreassuring fetal status -- Placenta; abruption and fetal loss -- Chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis -- Preterm premature rupture of membranes and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome -- Gestational diabetes, macrosomia and neonatal cephalhematoma -- Advanced maternal age, HELLP syndrome and neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis -- Migraine with aura, shoulder dystocia and brachial plexus palsy -- Intimate partner violence, formula feeding and postpartum depression -- Gestational trophoblastic disease(molar pregnancy) and advanced maternal age -- Maternity and newborn nursing for uncomplicated pregnancies: before conception -- Pregnancy -- Labor and delivery After delivery -- The Newborn -- High-risk conditions and complications: conditions existing before conception -- Conditions occurring during pregnancy -- Complications occurring before labor and delivery -- Complications occurring during labor and delivery -- Conditions occurring after delivery -- Conditions in the newborn related to gestational age, size, injury and pain -- Acquired conditions and congenital abnormalities in the newborn -- Women's and gendered health: Wellness and health promotion -- Common gynecologic conditions -- Infections -- Family planning --

"Publisher's Note: Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health is a comprehensive textbook for nursing students. The text is case-based with fictional characters drawn from experience playing both continuous and recurring roles. Case-based learning provides students with an explanatory context, helping them to retain information, encouraging them to think critically, and allowing them to apply what they are learning to clinical practice.The first unit, Scenarios for Clinical Preparation, is devoted to preconception-to-postpartum care of individuals with common pregnancy-related pathologies and sequelae. These chapters provide comprehensive scenarios for the entirety of these pregnancies, integrating normal progressions as well as common associated complications. The purpose of this unit is to provide early frontloading of content to prepare students for clinical. All chapters in the second unit, Kellie Bettencourt: The Uncomplicated Patient, pertain to one case. The remaining two units--Unit III:High-Risk Conditions and Complications, and Unit IV, Women's Health--provide comprehensive, traditionally organized content that integrates the patients of the first and second unit as recurrent characters in order to reinforce earlier study. When students read Unit III, the recurrent character from Unit I and Unit 2 will provide familiar content and aid in comprehension. As with clinical, it is the participation in many similar situations that facilitates learning, not just a single exposure to a patient. The book will take care to value context when making the new presentation of older information in order for it to be reinforcing and stimulating instead of just repetitive. With a goal of approaching the information in multiple ways, many innovative features are included to introduce a different perspective on the topic. For example, "Pop Quiz" analyzes commonly occurring plot points seen in popular media for accuracy; "Analyze the Evidence" provides accessible comparisons of contradictory research and practice; and "Step-by-Step Skills" provides the task-based information critical to nursing success and student confidence. All features are designed to be accessible, narratively compelling, conducive to curiosity and critical thinking, and to emphasize in-depth learning"-- Provided by publisher.