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NURSING Maternal and Women’s Health Nursing

AWHONN’s Perinatal Nursing 5th Edition

By Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN is Perinatal Clini- cal Nurse Specialist and Editor-in-Chief MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing in Saint Louis, MO; Patricia A. Creehan, MSN, RNC is Manager of Clinical Operations, Labor and Delivery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL; Nancy O’Brien- Abel, MSN, RNC is Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Perinatal Consulting, LLC and Affiliate Instructor at the School of Nursing, Uni- versity of Washington in Seattle, WA; Cheryl K. Roth, PhD, WHNP- BC, RNC-OB, RNFA is a Nurse Practitioner, Labor and Delivery at HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea/Osborn Medical Centers in Scottsdale, AZ; Annie J. Rohan, PhD, RN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC, FAANP is Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program and Director of Pediatric Research at the School of Nursing, Office of Nursing

Research and Innovation at Stony Brook University (SUNY at Stony Brook) in Stony Brook, NY.

DESCRIPTION Leave the self-doubt behind—get fully grounded in effective perinatal care, with Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition, an official publication of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). This freshly updated, comprehensive resource offers expert guide- lines and best practices for the full range of patient care issues, from cultural practices and preg- nancy complications to newborn assessments and nutrition. Stay current with this must-have, evi- dence-based support for both perinatal and labor and delivery nursing. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Strengthen and upgrade your perinatal nursing strengths and expertise: ▶ ▶ NEW and expanded content on pregnancy complications—Bleeding in pregnancy, preterm labor and birth, diabetes, cardiac disease, pulmonary complications, multiple gestation, obesity and more ▶ ▶ NEW content on newborn nutrition—The infant feeding decision, breastfeeding benefits, nutritional components, and preterm milk and lactation ▶ ▶ NEW and updated content on patient safety and maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States—Instructions on how to make maternity units safer based on the most current evidence, and through application of various care bundles ▶ ▶ Evidence-based information on clinical conditions —Includes chapter on obesity that covers risks to the mother and fetus, care from preconception to postpartum, and bariatric surgery ▶ ▶ Text boxes emphasize crucial care standards and guidelines

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Paperback / ISBN: 978-1-4963-9823-9 / ($89.99 / £66.00 / €73.00) Approx. 760 pp. / Approx. 136 Illus. / Approx. 112 Tables / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / March 2020

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in May 2013 (ISBN: 978-1-60913-622-2).

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