Nurse-midwifery Handbook

Download or read book Nurse-midwifery Handbook written by Linda A. Wheeler and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is aimed at those who provide prenatal and postpartum care to low-risk women. Emphasizing hands-on care, the book includes coverage of history-taking, physical exams, laboratory tests, health education, how to conduct an initial and a return prenatal visit, and the postpartum period and family planning. Focus is placed on physical and psychosocial well-being and health promotion, and special features include healthy pregnancy questions for differentiating between common discomforts and potential complications. Key moments tables summarize essential information for key gestational ages and the book also includes history-taking forms.